{"id":11823,"date":"2023-01-25T14:04:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T13:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.generationrobots.com\/blog\/?p=11823"},"modified":"2024-10-02T14:50:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T12:50:07","slug":"global-warming-using-robots-to-plant-trees-in-the-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.generationrobots.com\/blog\/en\/global-warming-using-robots-to-plant-trees-in-the-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"Global warming: using robots to plant trees in the desert"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11823\" class=\"elementor elementor-11823\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-87d867b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"87d867b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-81ebfb1\" data-id=\"81ebfb1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5ad0ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5ad0ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Climate change is one of the most disturbing problems of our time. It\u2019s having devastating effects on our planet, marked by episodes of drought, heat waves, extreme rainfall and weaker ecosystems, not to mention <strong>desertification and land degradation<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Inappropriate farming practices and <strong>global warming<\/strong> are destroying more and more land and diminishing its biological potential. Land desertification affects all continents, but in particular the poorest populations and most arid regions. And a team of scientists at a Chinese university has now designed a <strong>tree-planting robot<\/strong> and carried out tests in Mongolia with the aim of transforming more deserts into oases. Read on to find out more!<\/p><h2>Robotics and desertification: a solution in the fight against global warming<\/h2><p>A team of scientists led by Zhang Xinyu at the East China Normal University has designed and developed a tree-planting robot to conduct <strong>planting tests in Alxa, Mongolia<\/strong>. Over a year of research has culminated in 4 robots, able to:<\/p><ul><li>Dig holes<\/li><li>Plant trees<\/li><li>Water the saplings<\/li><li>Monitor the growth<\/li><\/ul><p>These <strong>4 robots<\/strong> can operate on a sandy terrain, in all weathers and position themselves to within the nearest centimeter using a GPS system. Remote management, monitoring and data analysis tools allow accurate real-time positioning and regular observation of plants as they grow.<\/p><p>The hole-digging robot is just under 1 meter tall and powered by <strong>solar photovoltaic energy<\/strong>. It\u2019s equipped with a large auger drill and is capable of digging tree pits in the vast Alxa desert.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae2914d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae2914d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Climate change is one of the most disturbing problems of our time. It\u2019s having devastating effects on our planet, marked by episodes of drought, heat waves, extreme rainfall and weaker ecosystems, not to mention <strong>desertification and land degradation<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Inappropriate farming practices and <strong>global warming<\/strong> are destroying more and more land and diminishing its biological potential. Land desertification affects all continents, but in particular the poorest populations and most arid regions. And a team of scientists at a Chinese university has now designed a <strong>tree-planting robot<\/strong> and carried out tests in Mongolia with the aim of transforming more deserts into oases. Read on to find out more!<\/p><h2>Robotics and desertification: a solution in the fight against global warming<\/h2><p>A team of scientists led by Zhang Xinyu at the East China Normal University has designed and developed a tree-planting robot to conduct <strong>planting tests in Alxa, Mongolia<\/strong>. Over a year of research has culminated in 4 robots, able to:<\/p><ul><li>Dig holes<\/li><li>Plant trees<\/li><li>Water the saplings<\/li><li>Monitor the growth<\/li><\/ul><p>These <strong>4 robots<\/strong> can operate on a sandy terrain, in all weathers and position themselves to within the nearest centimeter using a GPS system. Remote management, monitoring and data analysis tools allow accurate real-time positioning and regular observation of plants as they grow.<\/p><p>The hole-digging robot is just under 1 meter tall and powered by <strong>solar photovoltaic energy<\/strong>. It\u2019s equipped with a large auger drill and is capable of digging tree pits in the vast Alxa desert.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6b32c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"d6b32c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=m37eGBGcGQo&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2197224 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2197224\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-733524d\" data-id=\"733524d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c05c1f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c05c1f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Robot of choice: the SCOUT 2.0 autonomous mobile robot by AgileX Robotics<\/h2>\n\n<p>The team at the East China Normal University needed a small, lightweight robot capable of functioning in hostile environments and carrying out large-scale, all-day operations unassisted. They naturally chose the <a class=\"catalogue\" title=\"Scout 2.0 mobile robot\" href=\"\/en\/403673-scout-20-mobile-robot-ugv.html\">SCOUT 2.0<\/a> by AgileX Robotics, which has all the technical characteristics necessary for such a project.<\/p>\n\n<p>The Scout 2.0 offers several features that allow it to adapt to a desert environment:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A robust chassis that can carry up to 50 kg<\/li>\n<li>Agile steering with 4-wheel drive and independent suspension<\/li>\n<li>Low energy consumption<\/li>\n<li>A new cooling system<\/li>\n<li>Two communication interfaces (CAN and RS232) for sending motion, steering and secondary development data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>The robot\u2019s planting and monitoring system <strong>significantly improves planting efficiency, with a guaranteed planted-tree survival rate of over 95%<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f612b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0f612b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.generationrobots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/agilex-scout-2.0-robot-qui-plante-des-arbres-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11806\" alt=\"Un robot planteur d&#039;arbres pour lutter contre le r\u00e9chauffement climatique\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.generationrobots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/agilex-scout-2.0-robot-qui-plante-des-arbres-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.generationrobots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/agilex-scout-2.0-robot-qui-plante-des-arbres-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.generationrobots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/agilex-scout-2.0-robot-qui-plante-des-arbres-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.generationrobots.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/agilex-scout-2.0-robot-qui-plante-des-arbres.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a4cd00b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a4cd00b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5852fa0\" data-id=\"5852fa0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84c18ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84c18ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Global warming: using robots to plant trees in the desert<\/h2>\n\n<p>Climate change is one of the most disturbing problems of our time. It\u2019s having devastating effects on our planet, marked by episodes of drought, heat waves, extreme rainfall and weaker ecosystems, not to mention <strong>desertification and land degradation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Inappropriate farming practices and <strong>global warming<\/strong> are destroying more and more land and diminishing its biological potential. Land desertification affects all continents, but in particular the poorest populations and most arid regions. And a team of scientists at a Chinese university has now designed a <strong>tree-planting robot<\/strong> and carried out tests in Mongolia with the aim of transforming more deserts into oases. Read on to find out more!<\/p>\n\n<h2>Robotics and desertification: a solution in the fight against global warming<\/h2>\n<p>A team of scientists led by Zhang Xinyu at the East China Normal University has designed and developed a tree-planting robot to conduct <strong>planting tests in Alxa, Mongolia<\/strong>. Over a year of research has culminated in 4 robots, able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dig holes<\/li>\n<li>Plant trees<\/li>\n<li>Water the saplings<\/li>\n<li>Monitor the growth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>These <strong>4robots<\/strong> can operate in all weathers and position themselves to within the nearest centimetre using a GPS system. Remote management, monitoring and data analysis tools allow accurate real-time positioning and regular observation of plants as they grow.<\/p>\n\n<p>The hole-digging robot is just under 1 metre tall and powered by <strong>solar photovoltaic energy<\/strong>. It\u2019s equipped with a large auger drill and is capable of digging tree pits in the vast Alxa desert.<\/p> \n\n<h2>Robot of choice: the SCOUT 2.0 autonomous mobile robot by AgileX Robotics<\/h2>\n\n<p>The team at the East China Normal University needed a small, lightweight robot capable of functioning in hostile environments and carrying out large-scale, all-day operations unassisted. They naturally chose the <a class=\"catalogue\" title=\"Scout 2.0 mobile robot\" href=\"\/en\/403673-scout-20-mobile-robot-ugv.html\">SCOUT 2.0<\/a> by AgileX Robotics, which has all the technical characteristics necessary for such a project.<\/p>\n\n<p>The Scout 2.0 offers several features that allow it to adapt to a desert environment:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A robust chassis that can carry up to 50 kg<\/li>\n<li>Agile steering with 4-wheel drive and independent suspension<\/li>\n<li>Low energy consumption<\/li>\n<li>A new cooling system<\/li>\n<li>Two communication interfaces (CAN and RS232) for sending motion, steering and secondary development data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>The robot\u2019s planting and monitoring system <strong>significantly improves planting efficiency, with a guaranteed planted-tree survival rate of over 95%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n  \n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>Whether tasked with planting trees, <a class=\"catalogue\" title=\"Farming and robotics\" href=\"\/blog\/fr\/agriculture-et-robotique-comment-limiter-lutilisation-dengrais-chimiques\/\">reducing using of chemical fertilisers<\/a> or <a class=\"catalogue\" title=\"Bunker Pro mobile robot: an efficient transport system for carrying heavy loads\" href=\"\/blog\/en\/bunker-pro-mobile-robot-an-efficient-transport-system-to-carry-heavy-loads\/\">carrying heavy loads to relieve employees<\/a>, robots are gradually becoming more commonplace in our daily lives, providing useful and efficient services for industry and humans. This robot owes its success to the excellent mobile platform designed by AgileX Robotics, which has responded to recent trends by releasing robust and cost-effective autonomous mobile robots that can adapt to all situations.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64171c67 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"64171c67\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-143583a7\" data-id=\"143583a7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-542255df elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"542255df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-float\" href=\"\/en\/403673-scout-20-mobile-robot-ugv.html\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read more info about Scout 2.0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c65f350 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c65f350\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a45480d\" data-id=\"5a45480d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-798c94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"798c94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40606ce1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"40606ce1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/content.generationrobots.com\/white-paper-agilex-robotics\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.generation-robots.com\/img\/agilex-robotics-white-paper-banner.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\/en\/403673-scout-20-mobile-robot-ugv.html\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate change is one of the most disturbing problems of our time. It\u2019s having devastating effects on our planet, marked by episodes of drought, heat waves, extreme rainfall and weaker ecosystems, not to mention desertification and land degradation. Inappropriate farming practices and global warming are destroying more and more land and diminishing its biological potential.[&#8230;]<br \/> <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.generationrobots.com\/blog\/en\/global-warming-using-robots-to-plant-trees-in-the-desert\/\" style=\"float:right;\">Read this article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":188,"featured_media":11802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10545,10541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comparisons-and-tests-products","category-customer-cases-applications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.generationrobots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.generationrobots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.generationrobots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.generationrobots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/188"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.generationrobots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11823"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/www.generationrobots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19069,"href":"https:\/\/www.generationrobots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11823\/revisions\/19069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.generationrobots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.generationrobots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.generationrobots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.generationrobots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}