Mobile Robotic Platforms to Support Smart Farming Efforts at UMES

Nagchaudhuri, Abhijit; Mitra, Madhumi; Hartman, Christopher; Ford, Travis; Pandya, Jesuraj

doi:10.1109/mesa.2018.8449182

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“…Applying 3D printing technologies opens up new possibilities for smart farming and precision agriculture, such as increased nutrition value of final products, reducing food wastage [102]. Robots based on 3D printer ideas can seed plants, kill weeds, sense soilmoisture content, and irrigate plants individually over raised bed areas [103]; the design of eco-friendly advanced soft electronic devices (biocompatible and biodegradable) allows for environmental monitoring (sensors for measuring soil moisture level and temperature), grippers used in harvesting the crops, artificial lighting control, and energy harvesting and storage [26,104,105]. Since every material, product, and production process has an ecological impact, 3D printing studies often involve the Life Cycle Assessment of prototypical printing to establish a point of comparison to the environmental impact [106][107][108].…”

Section: History: Bridging Innovation With Environmental Sustainabilitymentioning

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Let’s Print an Ecology in 3D (and 4D)

Szechyńska-Hebda,

Hebda,

Doğan-Sağlamtimur

et al. 2024

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The concept of ecology, historically rooted in the economy of nature, currently needs to evolve to encompass the intricate web of interactions among humans and various organisms in the environment, which are influenced by anthropogenic forces. In this review, the definition of ecology has been adapted to address the dynamic interplay of energy, resources, and information shaping both natural and artificial ecosystems. Previously, 3D (and 4D) printing technologies have been presented as potential tools within this ecological framework, promising a new economy for nature. However, despite the considerable scientific discourse surrounding both ecology and 3D printing, there remains a significant gap in research exploring the interplay between these directions. Therefore, a holistic review of incorporating ecological principles into 3D printing practices is presented, emphasizing environmental sustainability, resource efficiency, and innovation. Furthermore, the ‘unecological’ aspects of 3D printing, disadvantages related to legal aspects, intellectual property, and legislation, as well as societal impacts, are underlined. These presented ideas collectively suggest a roadmap for future research and practice. This review calls for a more comprehensive understanding of the multifaceted impacts of 3D printing and the development of responsible practices aligned with ecological goals.

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Section: History: Bridging Innovation With Environmental Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Let’s Print an Ecology in 3D (and 4D)

Szechyńska-Hebda,

Hebda,

Doğan-Sağlamtimur

et al. 2024

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“…Sensors placed in an agricultural field can be either stationary or remote. Remote sensors can be accomplished in the air through the use of a flying drone [63][64][65][66][67] or on the ground via a patrolled vehicle [68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83]. The choice between stationary and remote sensor networks comes with is a tradeoff between flexibility and cost as stationary uses a fixed sensing grid, which limits reconfigurability, but is lower implementation and use cost.…”

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Technologies Driving the Shift to Smart Farming: A Review

Elbeheiry

Balog

2023

IEEE Sensors J.

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As today's agriculture industry is facing numerous challenges, including climate changes, encroachment of the urban environment and lack of qualified farmers, there is a need for new practices to ensure sustainable agriculture and food supply. Consequently, there is an emphasis on upgrading the farming practices by shifting towards Smart Farming (SF) -utilizing advanced information and communication technologies to improve the quantity and quality of the crop with minimal labor interference. SF has gained lots of interest in recent years utilizing a variety of technological innovations in the field, which imposes a challenge on farmers and technology integrators to identify the suitable technologies and best practices for a particular application. This paper provides a survey of the most recent SF scientific literature to identify common practices toward technology integration, challenges, and solutions. The survey was conducted on 588 papers published on the IEEE database following Cochrane methods to ensure appropriate analysis and interpretation of results. The papers' contributions were analyzed to identify necessary technologies that constitute SF, and consequently, research themes were identified. The identified themes are sensors, communication, big data, actuators and machines, and data analysis. Besides presenting an in-depth analysis of each identified theme, the paper discusses integrating more than one technology in systems to achieve independency. The most common SF systems are remote monitoring, autonomous, and intelligent decision-making systems.

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“…Основне призначення таких мереж -організація передачі даних в умовах швидкого розгортання мережі передачі даних на деякій площі, збору (реєстрації) інформації від стаціонарних вузлів -центрів полінгових мереж, розгорнутих на місцевості тощо. Найбільш уживаними сферами застосування ВМКМ є агропромисловий комплекс, метеорологія, служби з надзвичайних ситуацій, військово-оборонна сфера тощо [4,5].…”

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Method of ensuring the survivability of highly mobile computer networks

Tkachov¹,

Kovalenko²,

Kuchuk³

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The article discusses the features of the functioning of mobile computer networks based on small-sized aircraft (highly mobile computer networks). It is shown that such networks, in contrast to stationary or low-mobile ones, have a low level of survivability in case of local damage to their nodes. The purpose of the article is to develop a method for ensuring the survivability of highly mobile computer networks under conditions of destructive external influences, which leads to local destruction of network nodes or links between them, using the method of assessing survivability at all stages of network functioning, by changing the main function to implement all available strategies for the functioning of the network when determining the critical values of the integrity of the network and its ability to perform at least one of the available functions. The results obtained allow: to continue the development of theoretical research in the development of strategies for managing highly mobile computer networks in extreme situations; to develop an applied solution to ensure the survivability of highly mobile computer networks by building multifunctional or redundant structures, increasing the value of their redundancy. The studies allow us to conclude that the proposed method can be used at the design stages of highly mobile computer networks, characterized by increased survivability and capable of functioning in conditions of multiple local damages without catastrophic destructive consequences for the network structure.

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Mobile Robotic Platforms to Support Smart Farming Efforts at UMES

Cited by 11 publications

References 9 publications

Let’s Print an Ecology in 3D (and 4D)

Let’s Print an Ecology in 3D (and 4D)

Technologies Driving the Shift to Smart Farming: A Review

Method of ensuring the survivability of highly mobile computer networks

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