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WomBot: an exploratory robot for monitoring wombat burrows
Citation
Ross, R and Carver, S and Browne, E and Thai, BS, WomBot: an exploratory robot for monitoring wombat burrows, SN Applied Sciences, 3 Article 674. ISSN 2523-3963 (2021) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1007/s42452-021-04595-4
Abstract
In this study we evaluate the design and efficacy of Wombot, an exploratory robot used to study environmental conditions within wombat burrows. Our purpose-built robot traverses through the difficult terrain present in wombat burrows whilst facilitating placement and retrieval of environmental data loggers. Our preliminary results suggest that the environmental conditions present within the burrows would result in a long mite survival time which shows significant risk for spreading infestations throughout a wombat population.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Epidemiology |
| Research Division: | Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences |
| Research Group: | Veterinary sciences |
| Research Field: | Veterinary parasitology |
| Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
| Objective Group: | Terrestrial systems and management |
| Objective Field: | Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in terrestrial environments |
| UTAS Author: | Carver, S (Associate Professor Scott Carver) |
| UTAS Author: | Browne, E (Miss Elizabeth Browne) |
| ID Code: | 149666 |
| Year Published: | 2021 |
| Funding Support: | Australian Research Council (LP180101251) |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 3 |
| Deposited By: | Zoology |
| Deposited On: | 2022-04-05 |
| Last Modified: | 2022-05-06 |
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