A novel granular stress sensor for soil exploration

该项目旨在开发一种新的方法来测量土壤的状态，并通过将传感器开发的进步与颗粒物理学相结合来改善软地面机器人的感知。该项目预计将通过利用与周围介质兼容的创新传感器，在岩土工程领域产生新的见解，从而改善比现有技术更广泛的变形条件下的测量。预期成果包括通过利用这些传感器监测地下应力水平来提高防止土壤破坏的能力。这将为保护关键基础设施免受环境和岩土工程故障（包括山体滑坡、隧道坍塌和尾矿坝损坏）的影响带来巨大好处。

The project aims to develop a novel way to measure the state of soils and improve the perception of soft ground robots by combining advances in sensor development with granular physics. The project expects to produce new insights in geotechnical engineering by utilising innovative sensors compliant with the surrounding medium, thus improving measurements across broader deformation conditions than existing technologies. Expected outcomes include an increased ability to prevent soil failures by utilising these sensors to monitor stress levels underground. This should provide significant benefits for saving critical infrastructure from environmental and geotechnical failures, including landslides, tunnel collapses, and tailings dam damages.