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==== Machine Wilderness ====

[[Machine Wilderness Symposium]]

Project outline.\\
**Locations:** FoAM's [[MidWest_Experimental_Station]] and Zone2Source in Amstelpark.\\ 
**Partners:** FoAM Ams, [[http://zone2source.net/nl/|Zone2Source]], [[http://ivanhenriques.com/|Ivan Henriques]], [[http://www.asthecrow.net/ |Judith van der Elst]] .\\
[[Machine_Ecology_notes]]\\
[[Machine_Ecology_DesignNotes]]\\
[[Machine_Wilderness_feedback]]\\
[[Machine_Wilderness_glossary]]\\
[[Machine_Wilderness_workshops]]\\
[[concept_car_notes]]


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**Keywords:** ecological robotics, restoration ecology, artificial organisms, artscience, complexity, foodwebs, trophic cascades, biodiversity, groworld.\\
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**Outline: Machine Wilderness programme**\\
Pioneers like al Jazari already made programmable automata around 1200AD. Complex machines have therefore been part of our environment for many centuries. Human infrastructures came to really dominate the planet since the Industrial Revolution. The word that comes to mind is brutality. Edward O. Wilson described our current age of mass extinction as the ‘Age of Loneliness’ and in many ways our technologies in these shared and biodiverse environments have been technologies of loneliness that violate natural processes, disturb habitats and crush biodiversity.\\
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Human technologies and infrastructures populate a planet still teaming with a bewildering array of life. But we design for the needs and wants of just one of those species, ad tedium. In a world full of creatures we've only been talking to ourselves. What would it be like to work for a much broader audience? What if we include the other 99,99% of life?\\
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The often heared ambition to 'reconnect to nature', implies accepting ourselves as nature. Including all our artifacts, infrastructures and machines. If we see them - our extended technological body - as nature, we can nolonger design them as if they are not. Then the other 99.99% of life becomes part of the frame of reference in which human technologies are developed.\\
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Machine Wilderness aims to take a radical turn towards the great wealth of non-human life. What could an ecologically inclusive practice look like? How do you engage with the levels of complexity, subtlety and grace of life? What could technology look like if our technologies related to landscapes in the way organisms do; participating in local material flows, food-chains and layers of communication?\\
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Can our tools help us rejoin the Great Conversation with life?\\


Artists / designers:
  * [[http://ivanhenriques.com|Ivan Henriques]] Symbiotic Machine
  * [[http://www.ingramclockworks.com/index.html|Ian Ingram]] various projects
  * FoAM's [[http://augmentedecology.com/|Augmented Ecology]]


Theory:
  * Robots in Ecology: [[http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?paperID=18956#.VPbpRGYk9AY|Welcome to the machine PDF]]
  * [[http://tuinvanmachines.hetnieuweinstituut.nl/en|Het Nieuwe Instituut]] Tuin van Machines
  * see also [[thalience]]
  * see also [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley|uncanny valley]]

Universities:
  * Bristol Robotics Lab [[http://singularityhub.com/2010/08/05/robot-with-artificial-gut-eats-waste-for-electrical-power-video/|Robot with artificial gut]] [[https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/titles/alife/0262290758chap131.pdf|research PDF]] [[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0331_060331_robot_flesh.html|bug eating robot]] and their study on [[http://phys.org/news/2012-05-environmentally-friendly-robot.html|Biodegradable Robotics]]
  * [[http://www.kuleuven.be/wieiswie/en/person/00085557|Robbe van Beers]] KU Leuven, robotica and ripeness sensors used for [[http://spie.org/profile/Robbe.Van%20Beers-9076|Breaburn apples]]
  * [[http://www.lr.tudelft.nl/nl/actueel/laatste-nieuws/artikel/detail/media-aandacht-cyber-zoo/|TUDelft]] CyberZoo
  * [[http://www.cc.gatech.edu/ai/robot-lab/research/ecological.html|GaTech]] Mobile Robot Lab
  * IBED UVA 
  * [[http://www.wageningenur.nl/en/Expertise-Services/Chair-groups/Plant-Sciences/Farm-Technology-Group.htm|Wageningen]] farm technology group and [[http://www.incas3.eu/projects/smartbot|Smartbot]] and [[http://www.robatic.nl/|Robatic]]
  * [[http://mime.oregonstate.edu/research/drl/|Oregon University]] Dynamic Robotics Lab
  * [[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/complex|UCL]] Centre for Mathematics, Physics and Engineering in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology
  * [[http://robobees.seas.harvard.edu/publications|Harvard]] Robobees
  * [[http://web.gps.caltech.edu/~andrewt/gentoo/about.html|CalTech]] Ocean Gliders
  * [[https://news.wsu.edu/2014/12/03/research-examines-quality-of-landscape-cover-for-prey/#.VR-n-WaZZAY|WSU]] LiDAR fearscapes
  * [[http://www2.isr.uc.pt/~embedded/events/WREM/RSS2013/Home.html|Workshop on Robotics for Environmental Monitoring 2013]]
  * [[http://cocoro.uni-graz.at/drupal/home|Graz University]] CoCoRo - Marine Robotic Swarms

Open Source:
  * [[http://www.openrov.com/|Open ROV]] (marine)
  * [[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/coralbots-restoring-and-conserving-coral-reefs-with-robots|Coral Reef Bot]]
  * [[http://ecosynth.org/page/overview|EcoSynth]] 3D mapping and measuring vegetation
  * [[http://2014.igem.org/Team:StanfordBrownSpelman/Building_The_Drone|iGEM]] decomposable drone

Companies:
  * [[http://www.festo.com/cms/en_corp/9617.htm|Festo]]
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energetically_Autonomous_Tactical_Robot|Cyclone Power Tech]] plant biomass powered robot
  * [[http://swarmfarm.com/|Swarm Farm]]
  * [[http://clearflightsolutions.com/|Robird]]
  * [[http://augmentedecology.com/post/84829441683/next-gen-tracking|Technology for Nature]] University College London, Microsoft Research and the Zoological Society of London
  * [[http://www.coralbots.org/|Coralbots]]
  * [[http://www.hibot.co.jp/|Hibot]]
  * [[http://www.robugtix.com/t8x/|Robugtrix]]
  * [[http://www.can-cia.org/index.php?id=1270|Chico Mendes bot]] Brazilian rainforest pollution bot
  * [[http://www.unmannedsystemstechnology.com/2015/05/liquid-robotics-announces-partner-program-unmanned-ocean-technology/?utm_source=Unmanned+Systems+Technology+Newsletter&utm_campaign=06b3003c72-Unmanned_Systems_Technology_eBrief&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6fc3c01e8d-06b3003c72-110735013|Liquid Robotics]]

History:
  * [[http://cyberneticzoo.com/about/|Cybernetic Zoo]]
  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digesting_Duck|Digesting Duck]]
  * [[http://goldberg.berkeley.edu/garden/Ars/|Telegarden]]
  * [[http://www.senster.com/ihnatowicz/senster/|Senster]]
  * [[http://aeon.co/magazine/technology/medieval-technology-indistinguishable-from-magic/|Medieval Robotics]]
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Resources:\\
  * [[http://www.osrfoundation.org/|Open Source Robotics Foundation]]
  * [[http://softroboticstoolkit.com/|Soft Robotics Toolkit]] is part of [[http://biodesign.seas.harvard.edu/|Harvard Biodesign Lab]] that works on 'augmenting and restoring human performance' (exoskeletons etc)
  * [[http://publiclab.org/wiki/ndvi|Public Lab]] on mapping photosynthesis with near-infrared camera [[http://publiclab.org/wiki/infragram|Infragram]] + [[http://publiclab.org/wiki/near-infrared-camera|introduction]]

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
  * [[http://www.eurageng.eu/workgroups|European Network for Advanced Engineering in Agriculture and Environment]]
  * [[http://www.nvtl.info/|Nederlandse Vereniging Techniek in de Landbouw]]
  * [[http://www.robots.nu/robot-nieuws/category/robotdieren|Robots.Nu]] Robot animals
Articles:
  * [[http://www.scientias.nl/hond-wordt-binnenkort-een-luxe-en-vervangen-door-robot/|Dogs soon to be replaced by robots]]

Competitions:
  * [[http://www.fieldrobot.nl/|Field Robot competition]] in [[http://fre2015.um.si/index.php/event-program|Maribor]] June 15th
  * [[http://softroboticstoolkit.com/|Soft Robotics]] this years [[http://softroboticstoolkit.com/design-competition|challenge]]
  * [[https://youtu.be/ZFWzmC7B-TE|Hebocon]] for the technically unskilled

Conferences:
  * [[http://www.roboticsconference.org/index.html|2015 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference]] in Rome, July 13-17

**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.\\
  * [[http://www.agrobot.com/|Agrobot]]
  * [[http://www.energid.com/experience/citrus-harvesting/|Energid]] citrus picker
  * [[http://www.wageningenur.nl/en/Expertise-Services/Research-Institutes/Wageningen-UR-Greenhouse-Horticulture/Research-themes/Advanced-Cultivation-and-Production-Systems/Subthemes/Computer-vision-and-robotics.htm|Wageningen UR]]
  * [[http://www.agritronics.nl/|Agritronics]]
  * [[http://info.amazone.de/DisplayInfo.aspx?id=14033|Amazone-Bosch]] BoniRob field robot
  * [[http://rowbot.com|Rowbot]] corn fertilizer bot
Planting, Pruning, Potting, Grafting and Nursery Operations:\\
  * [[http://www.harvestai.com/products|Harvest Automation]] potted plant movement
  * [[http://www.isogroepmachinebouw.nl|ISO Group]] machinebouw
  * [[http://helpersys.co.kr/|Helper Robotech]] grafting bot
  * [[http://www.conic-system.com/|Conic Systems]] grafting robot
  * [[http://wall-ye.com|Wall-Ye]] pruning robot
Thinning and Weeding:\\
  * [[http://naio-technologies.com/|Naio]] weeding bot
  * [[http://www.ecorobotix.com/|ecoRobotix]] weeding bot
  * [[http://www.visionrobotics.com/|Vision Robotics]] lettuce pruner
  * [[http://www.visionweeding.com|Vision Weeding]]

more listed here: [[http://www.unibots.com/Agricultural_Robotics_Portal.htm|Unibots]]\\
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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.\\