Analysis by Jesse Emspak
Sun May 13, 2012 08:43 AM ET
Swarms of robots equipped with a sensors and GPS units are swimming in California rivers measuring water flow, salinty levels and pollution.
At the University of California, Berkeley, a group of 100 robots was released into the Sacramento River near Walnut Grove, Calif. The project, called the Floating Sensor Network, will, the designers hope, change the way water quality and flows are monitored in the Sacramento-San Joaquin river system. About two thirds of California's fresh water is in that system, supplying some two-thirds of the state's population with drinking and irrigation. The initiative is led by associate professor Alexandre Bayen at the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS).
The robots each have a sensor to test the salinity of the water and a GPS unit from a smartphone. Some have propellers so they can maneuver around obstacles and reach specific destinations. They even have Android phones in them and tweet. (Their handle is @fsnandroid61).
Credit: University of California, Berkeley
via: University of California, Ubergizmo
http://news.discovery.com/tech/robot-swarm-swim-rivers-120513.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1
Sun May 13, 2012 08:43 AM ET
Swarms of robots equipped with a sensors and GPS units are swimming in California rivers measuring water flow, salinty levels and pollution.
At the University of California, Berkeley, a group of 100 robots was released into the Sacramento River near Walnut Grove, Calif. The project, called the Floating Sensor Network, will, the designers hope, change the way water quality and flows are monitored in the Sacramento-San Joaquin river system. About two thirds of California's fresh water is in that system, supplying some two-thirds of the state's population with drinking and irrigation. The initiative is led by associate professor Alexandre Bayen at the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS).
The robots each have a sensor to test the salinity of the water and a GPS unit from a smartphone. Some have propellers so they can maneuver around obstacles and reach specific destinations. They even have Android phones in them and tweet. (Their handle is @fsnandroid61).
Credit: University of California, Berkeley
via: University of California, Ubergizmo
http://news.discovery.com/tech/robot-swarm-swim-rivers-120513.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1
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