Robots are being developed and used for various environmental and ecological purposes. Some examples included in the document are robots that can take sensor readings of the environment, recycle various materials like plastics and electronics, manufacture solar panels, clean up oil spills, plant trees, track wildlife like sharks, and gather weather data at sea level. Many countries and organizations are working on robots for applications like monitoring sensitive habitats, eliminating pollution in the oceans, and increasing recycling and renewable energy production.
2. Robots for Ecology
Robots carry tools designed for acquisition of ecologically
relevant information. These sensors include:
1.Optical sensors operating in a spectrum from infrared
through visible to ultraviolet light. They are used to model
the robot’s environment, to identify and take a census of
organisms of all sizes, and to record a variety of
parameters such as surface temperatures, or underwater
light attenuation.
2.Additional physical sensors, the most common being
temperature, pressure, humidity and conductivity sensors.
3.Acoustic sensors, which are mainly used underwater to
assess current features, but also to map organisms.
4.Chemical sensors, such as pH sensors or tools to detect
a great variety of gases, especially O2 and CO2.
4. A Finnish company has developed a robot
which can recycle mountains of garbage and
waste.
The robot has no name, but it has already
equipped with various options and alternatives for
this task: metal detector, weight, 3D scanner.
5. Robots for manufacturing various kinds of
Solar Panels
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory U.S.
created six
manufacturing
half hour. Its
increase their
prototypes.
robots multitasking capable of
various kinds of solar panels in only
aim is companies in the sector to
production and try before the new
7. ECO-SAVE ROBOTS USED IN KOREA FOR
RECYCLING
There are different types of eco-robot
types that dispose of bottles, cans,
plastics, films, glass bottles and cell
phones in a Korea company Ecosave. They automatically control the
process
of
handling
valuable
recyclables
including
sorting,
compressing, separating, storing and
recovery.
8. ECO-SAVE ROBOTS USED IN KOREA
FOR RECYCLING
The eco-robot also comes with an
eject door for unidentified objects
and can compress up to 30 pieces
per minute.
In order to use the Eco-robot you
must be a member for which you
are provided with a membership
card. You insert your card before
inserting your recyclables into the
eco-robot,
from
there
your
recyclables will be processed and
the weight of your carbon dioxide
emission will be shown to you and
the points you receive for recycling
will
be
added
on
to
your
membership card.
9. Marine Robots
A robot combines designed surfboard capable of up
to 4000 km navigate autonomously through the
energy you get from your solar panels. It was
created to analyze ocean conditions, improve
communications and identify weather or geological
events.
10. A submarine robot explorers
studying sensitive habitats and
detect contaminants.
Gliders -aquatic robots are able to
measure some aspects of the
sea,such as temperature , acidity
and salinity.
There are also robots designed to
explore the deep sea, which could
capture unrepeatable images of
funds from the Canary Islands to
dive to 600 meters.
11. A robot to Eliminate Fuel
Stains from the Sea
Robots are designed to eliminate waste of the ocean
surface and fuel stains without harming marine life
and flying robots to measure the effects that cause
some particles in the atmosphere.
12. Seaswarm Robots to clean oil
spills
Seaswarm robots use a special substance to absorb
and collect oil from the sea surface. Those robots can
detect the oil spills on their own and then convey the
message to their robotic group and chalk out a
strategy among themselves to clean the mess.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vruZVg6j9-I
13. Tree Planting Robot
A four legged eco friendly robot
used to plant seedlings. It has a
planting head and planting arm.
It has a protective barrier which
has
been
made
with
biodegradable plastic. It also
provides
protection
to
the
seedlings from bugs.
It is a steam based engine that is
fueled using forest wastes that
cools
water.
A
revolving
cartridge loads the seedlings in
the planting head.
The
robot is flexible and
efficient. It can automatically
refill and refuel
14. A robot to look into White
Sharks and Hurricanes at Sea Level
A self-propelled, solar and
wave-powered
robot
designed
by
Liquid
Robotics—had
been
deployed to track great
white sharks.
US scientists took the
opportunity to use the
multi-purpose robot to
gather
storm
or
hurricanes data at sea
level.
16. Victoria Peña Curbelo – Spain
Francisco Miguel Medina Alayón
– Spain
Kaarlo Oskari Parkkinen Val Spain
Philip - Germany
Jana - Germany
Maja Gewald -Poland
Natalia Baczewska - Poland
Anna Woszczyk - Poland
Anna Hermanowska – Poland
