The article “How Flying Robots Might Prevent Deforestation” (2012) mentioned the purpose, features and efficiency of quadrotors, mainly focusing on them being “sentinels of crucial environmental protection”. According to University of Pennsylvania deputy dean, Vijay Kumar, he came up with this solution to support and aid relief operations. The article states that these “miniature flying robots” were programmed to inspect the surroundings of the rainforest automatically, providing advanced feedback for unlicensed activities made to the environment. Furthermore, quadrotors were equipped with “little rotor blades'' for easy gliding action, and the programmed commands on the “onboard processor” would call for immediate response to any difference in their surroundings. The article highlighted the robots’ ability to efficiently function without human supervision, which yields an independent and productive army to reduce damage to the ecosystem. However, a quadrotor is only able to function by itself, and coordination between the robots might not be effective. Hence, while the article claimed that quadrotors were deemed as valuable bots which guards the rainforest from human pollution, the communication aspect of them to work as a team is compromised.
Quadrotors are designed to function without any human aid. In Brazil, drones are being deployed as surveillance to detect illegal drug trafficking and other crimes against nature. They programmed the robots to have the same archetype and less supervision from humans. Depending on how large the forest is, the drones can be deployed in a bigger scale accordingly. Just like a swarm of bees, they possess the same motive as one another to prevent midair collisions while moving around the forest. With well equipped processors and design, these Quadrotors imitate the movements humans without direct communication with each other and serve their purpose to protect the nature.
Like a potent robot of convenience and sheer proficiency, drone technology caters to the wide operations of the forest ecosystem to help maintain the balance of biodiversity. Reinforcing the virtues of nature, drone application in forestry has widened the scope of improvement, and the prospect of advancements throughout. Studies have shown that these flying bots “have potential for post-fire recovery monitoring and forest protection... especially in difficult topographic settings” (Cruz, Eckert, Meneses, & Martínez, 2016; Ollero & Merino, 2006). Regrettable to mention, but one of the greatest dangers of forests are the liabilities and perils to wildlife and biodiversity. Embracing its association with flora and fauna, forests must be monitored to ensure the protection of the same. With the help of drones and UASs, the balance of the ecosystem can be maintained, to better degrees. Aerial imagery, mapping, and data processing as performed by the AI-powered drones express endangerment alerts, scan for potential threats to wildlife, and so on. Time-critical results help to validate data and provide relief and medication in worsened conditions.
The introduction of Quadrotors will play a large role to protect the forest. The functions of these drones are designed to scan through forest canopies with ease and prevent collision with each other. Quadrotors, in this realm, push the boundaries of forest cultivation and maintenance, redeeming wildlife and vegetation, while also monitoring risks to prevent deforestation.Menacing as they are, forest fires owe their devastating nature to more than one cause. By their speed and precision, these tiny robots can be used to scan the areas spanning the forests for potential threats of fires. With the adoption of drones, forestry can witness a high cascade of improvement and growth. As a means of wildlife monitoring and biodiversity checking, it canprove to be highly resourceful at random times of distress and danger, which are frequent occurrences in forest ecosystems.
References
Cruz, H., Eckert, M., Meneses, J., & Martínez, J.F. (2016). Efficient forest fire detection index for application in unmanned aerial systems (UASs). Sensors, 16(6), 893. [Crossref]
Habitamu Taddese Berie & Ingunn Burud (2018) Application of unmanned aerial vehicles in earth resources monitoring: focus on evaluating potentials for forest monitoring in Ethiopia, European Journal of Remote Sensing, 51:1, 326-335, DOI: 10.1080/22797254.2018.1432993
Peck, M. (2012) How Flying Robots Might Prevent Deforestation. Retrieved from https://mashable.com/2012/03/20/flying-robots-deforestation/
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