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--- machine_ecology [2015-04-17 10:52] – theunkarelse
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-==== Machine Ecology ====
+==== Machine Wilderness ====
 Project outline.\\
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 **Outline:**\\
-Anthropocentric landscapes are characterized by reduced biodiversity and ecosystem functions. Traditionally the engineering focus on landscape maintenance has been primarily on efficiently extracting these landscapes, in industrial agriculture, forestry, mining and tourism. Machine Wilderness is a project prototyping artificial organisms as a functional agents within biotopes and ecosystems, actively contributing to biodiversity.  The new [[http://proefstationmidwest.nl/|MidWest Experimental Station]] a research station set up by FoAM in Amsterdam, will function as a test area for ecological robotics and study interactions between biomes and mechanical organisms.\\
+Anthropocentric landscapes are characterized by reduced biodiversity and ecosystem functions. Traditionally the engineering focus on landscape maintenance has been primarily on efficiently extracting these landscapes, in industrial agriculture, forestry, mining and tourism. Machine Wilderness is a project prototyping artificial organisms as a functional agents within biotopes and ecosystems, actively contributing to biodiversity.  The new [[http://proefstationmidwest.nl/|MidWest Experimental Station]] a research station set up by FoAM in Amsterdam, will provide a test area for ecological robotics and study interactions between biomes and mechanical organisms.\\
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 **Transplantation Ecology:**\\
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 Blogs, groups, etc:
   * [[http://www.robot161.nl/|Robot161]] blog
+  * [[http://robohub.org/drought-and-desertification-how-robots-might-help/|Robot Hub]] robotics and desertification\\
+  * [[http://www.therobotreport.com/news/ag-in-transition-from-precision-ag-to-full-autonomy|Robot Report]] precision agriculture robotics
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+Agriculture bots:
+Harvesting and Tractors:\\
+Tractors do two things: provide guidance to the devices they are towing, and pulling power. Current tractors are huge and if they break down, the entire operation comes to a halt. Autonomous machines don't need operators and can operate around the clock. Thus tight operational windows can be achieved for seeding and other time-sensitive activities.\\
+  * Agrobot
+  * Energid
+  * Clearpath Robotics
+  * Autonomous Solutions
+  * Wageningen UR
+  * Agritronics
+  * Kinze Manufacturing
+  * Amazone-Bosch
+  * AGCO Fendt
+  * Rowbot
+  * Robotic Harvesting
+Planting, Pruning, Potting, Grafting and Nursery Operations:\\
+  * Harvest Automation
+  * ISO Group
+  * Helper Robotech
+  * Conic Systems
+  * Wall-Ye
+Thinning and Weeding:\\
+  * Blue River Technologies
+  * ecoRobotix
+  * Vision Robotics
+  * F Poulsen Engineering
+Note:\\
+Machine Wilderness was the title of [[http://socialmedia.hpc.unm.edu/isea2012/?q=info/about-isea-2012|ISEA2012]], we adopt it in this programme as a working title.\\