Robots for Environmental Monitoring Significant Advancements and Applications
Robots for Environmental Monitoring Significant Advancements and Applications
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DOI：
10.1109/mra.2011.2181683
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发表时间：
2012-03-01
影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
Marques, Lino
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作者：
Dunbabin, Matthew;Marques, Lino
机器人系统越来越多地被科学家用作基本的数据收集工具，使人们能够从新的角度更好地了解地球及其环境过程。今天的机器人已经在探索我们的深海，追踪有害藻类的繁殖和污染的扩散，监测气候变量，甚至研究偏远的火山。本文整理并讨论了过去二十年来为环境监测开发的海洋、陆地和机载机器人系统的重大进步和应用。新兴的研究趋势，实现大规模的环境监测，包括合作的机器人团队，机器人和无线传感器网络（WSN）的互动，自适应采样和模型辅助路径规划。这些趋势提供了前所未有的规模的环境过程的有效和精确的测量，将推动机器人和自然科学的前沿。
Robotic systems are increasingly being utilized as fundamental data-gathering tools by scientists, allowing new perspectives and a greater understanding of the planet and its environmental processes. Today's robots are already exploring our deep oceans, tracking harmful algal blooms and pollution spread, monitoring climate variables, and even studying remote volcanoes. This article collates and discusses the significant advancements and applications of marine, terrestrial, and airborne robotic systems developed for environmental monitoring during the last two decades. Emerging research trends for achieving large-scale environmental monitoring are also reviewed, including cooperative robotic teams, robot and wireless sensor network (WSN) interaction, adaptive sampling and model-aided path planning. These trends offer efficient and precise measurement of environmental processes at unprecedented scales that will push the frontiers of robotic and natural sciences.