Transient bio-inspired gliders with embodied humidity responsive actuators for environmental sensing.

ABSTRACT: Collecting temporal and spatial high-resolution environmental data can guide studies in environmental sciences to gain insights in ecological processes. The utilization of automated robotic systems to collect these types of data can maximize accuracy, resilience, and deployment rate. Furthermore, it reduces the risk to researchers deploying sensors in inaccessible environments and can significantly increase the cost-effectiveness of such studies. The introduction of transient robotic systems featuring embodied environmental sensors pushes towards building a digital ecology, while introducing only minimal disturbance to the environment. Transient robots made from fully biodegradable and non-fossil based materials, do not develop into hazardous e-waste at the end of their lifetime and can th

SUBMITTER: Wiesemuller F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9659746 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature