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Linux-Based Robot To Explore The Forest

Posted by timothy on from the sasquatch-is-running-scared dept.

crashoverride025 contributes this link to a BBC story about Treebot, "A Linux-based mobile robot equipped with a webcam and sensors swings into action to help monitor forests." Despite the Tarzan reference, it looks like this robot moves along a cable, rather than swinging from place to place.

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  1. what leads to... by demonhold · · Score: 3, Insightful

    what we all agreed before...

    probes sent to mars should've been run by linux. Instead of worrying us to no end, now we would be discussing the data obtained and ways of improving the performance of futere missions.

    Not only that, I'm sure that the code for those probes beeing opensource would've meant people contributing and finding solutions and apps no one would've thought of...

    Wouldn't it be lovely that the routines of a mission to space would've been a truly world project, with programmers from all over the world taking part in it?

    Well, I'm dreaming, maybe I'm not...

    --
    ... y Dios vio que Linux era bueno... Genesis 99.666
  2. An Alternative by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Instead of remotely viewing a forest over the web, maybe a walk would solve some problems?

  3. Design Screwup by CrankyFool · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I heard about this some time ago. I seem to recall that due to the fact it's travelling along the tree tops, it has a problem actually seeing the forest because the trees get in the way ...