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WomBot: an exploratory robot for monitoring wombat burrows

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posted on 2023-05-21, 07:03 authored by Ross, R, Scott CarverScott Carver, Browne, E, Thai, BS
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.

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Australian Research Council

Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania

Hydro Tasmania

MSD Animal Health

Water NSW

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Publication title

SN Applied Sciences

Article number

674

Number

674

ISSN

2523-3963

Department/School

School of Natural Sciences

Publisher

Springer

Place of publication

Germany

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Copyright 2021 The Authors Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  • Open

Socio-economic Objectives

Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in terrestrial environments

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