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Leader of Global Robot Sensor Market | AIDIN ROBOTICS

The evolving robotic company AIDIN ROBOTICS Inc. has begun in robotics research carried out by Sungkyunkwan University's mechanical engineering department. Established on a foundation of innovation and technological excellence, AIDIN ROBOTICS is dedicated to realizing a future where people and robots seamlessly coexist and collaborate in a safe manner. At the core of AIDIN ROBOTICS’ mission is the development of advanced robot sensor technologies, building upon the extensive field sensing expertise the company has accumulated since 1995.
[Robot Sensor Market Analysis]
Global Market for 6-Axis Force/Torque Sensors for Robots
Out of the global robot sensor market worth 2.4 trillion KRW, the 6-axis force/torque sensor segment represents 25%, forming a market valued at approximately 600 billion KRW. It is projected to grow by 13% annually, reaching 1.105 trillion KRW by 2028.
Demand Forecast for 6-Axis Force/Torque Sensors Based on Industrial Processes
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Based on the number of robots introduced into these processes, the global demand for 6-axis force/torque sensors in 2022 is estimated at around 90,000 units. With the global sensor market’s 13% CAGR, the worldwide demand is expected to grow to 165,000 units by 2026.
Forecast for 6-Axis Force Torque Sensor Demand in the Growing Collaborative Robot Market
While collaborative robots (cobots) are primarily being adopted by small and medium-sized manufacturers for cost-effective and safe operations with simple position control processes, future demand for competitive 6-axis force/torque sensors is expected to increase, as these sensors will enable force/torque-based operations without the need for expensive ATI sensors traditionally used in industrial robots.
As of 2020, in the domestic market, 10.3% of small and medium-sized manufacturers (3,060 out of 30,602 companies) expressed an intention to introduce robots. Of these, 34% (1,040 companies) are expected to adopt processes that require 6-axis force/torque sensors.
With the growth of the collaborative robot market, the number of companies requiring 6-axis force/torque sensors is projected to increase to 8,893 by 2026.
Expansion Strategy for EoAT+Solutions Utilizing 6-Axis Force/Torque Sensors
Expanding into solutions that integrate sensors with End-of-Arm Tooling (EoAT) is expected to generate sales for each process that uses 6-axis force/torque sensors. This would create a high value-added business, potentially 50 times more profitable than selling individual sensors alone.
In the future, most of the processes that have yet to be automated by robots involve tasks requiring skilled manual labor and the application of force. This suggests that the remaining automatable processes will largely rely on 6-axis force/torque sensors and EoAT solutions.
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Tempest's potential color layout, based on some awesome photos of thunderstorms with the purples and blue-greens. Basically inverted his original scheme with the black and white sections lol, but the other colors are all new. Almost gives me whiplash looking at his old design in terms of the color changes lol.
#tempest#robot#mecha#giant robot#art#drawing#oc#original character#wip#Still figuring it out tho#ignore the navy blue sections#those are just place holders#his sensors and cameras are in those spots
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design concept of a currently still nameless oc thats been stewing in my head for months.. its a street racer dragon robot inspired by sports bikes (and cars). it lives in the same universe as level and zag and it treats every day like it lives in the fast and furious universe
#my art#robots#dragons#furry#anthro#bikes#dragon#robot#ocs#ohi meant sensors not censors. oh well. ppl know what i mean lol its pronounced the same
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*coughs* hi hello back to our regularly scheduled program… here are some of my headcanons about fark!! i’m not an engineer so don’t come after me
#ignore how weird the inside of the shoe looks ok that’s just to show the magnets there is other stuff there too i swear#fark#fark stej#stej#spark the electric jester#spark tej#i could write many paragraphs about cooling systems and sensors & whatnot#i love robots i just think they’re neat#hi fark you have retroreflective eyes now#my art#fanart#gutzart
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On the string propaganda
Heeellll yeah
Bestie is an entire PLACE
I look at those guys and let me tell you the soul of that thing ain't just in the puppet, it's in all the neurons carrying the thoughts and emotions, it's in the power rails that serve as the heart. All the memories in the memory conflux and all the numbers we see flicker across displays, the flux condensers, the puppet; a little avatar.
No way these massive machines see life the same way we do. They have their own experiences and senses and things they hold dear. A world we can't imagine, a way of living we couldn't even comprehend.
I could never tear an iterator apart to be just a puppet. Who am I to decide how's life supposed to be enjoyed or perceived?
You treat your creechurs however you want- I ain't gonna dictate that. But damn, hearing the thrums and buzzes of the linear systems rail? They are alive with so much power, these mechanical beasts are exactly what they should be.
#sorry im just a really passionate on the string believer#you cant tell me that these massive structures kilometers wide capable of things we cant even image would look at something thats#thats comparable to a speck of dust and be like#yes i would like to rid myself of practically my entire body to be that tiny#this aint no “if i were a supercomputer i'd be sad i couldnt see the sky like i do now”#thats only because you have something to compare it to#if i were to suddenly loose everything to be just some microscopic creature i'd be miserable but only because i know what im loosing#id be loosing the ability to think like i do now id be loosing the ability to enjoy the things i do now#i dont know what life is like as a microscopic creature but i wouldnt be willing to give up my life as i know it now#and i think with iterators are the same#just how different is their life from ours and what things can they see that we are missing out on?#give up everything comfortable and known and for what??#to feel the sun? they absolutely have various temperature sensors#see the sky? those overseers were made to see things those visuals are in 4k#other animal comforts?? what about computer comforts??#what makes a lil creature happy may not necessary make a massive supercomputer happy#sorry big rant in the tags um just wanna say this is no hate to anyone who wants their creatures off the string#these are fictional beings and you do whatever makes you happy take them off the string set them loose yess enjoy little robots running#around be happy i love reading ya alls off the string shenanigans#rain world#iterator#drawins#oc veil of dreams#rw talk#rain world oc#iterator oc
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BMI323 IMU breakout ⚙️🔍
We have a project we're working on with a BMI323 (https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/b/bosch-sensortec/bmi323-inertial-measurement-unit) chip. Since this is our first time using the sensor, we decided to make a breakout for it! This chip has fast sample rates and an I2C/I3C/SPI interface. After we explore this chip, maybe we'll do an EYE ON NPI about it!
#bmi323#imu#motiontracking#sensor#electronics#breakoutboard#i2c#spi#i3c#pcbdesign#embedded#hardware#engineering#opensource#tech#robotics#diy#makers#innovation#wearables#automation#accelerometer#gyroscope#bosch#fastsampling#microcontroller#developmentboard#prototyping#electronicprojects#eyeonnpi
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dumping AM thoughts in tags
#im gonna be a hater tonight sorry#so many AM designs dont. Represent AM like they should. Itll just be a robot with a tv head or something resembling a human#but like. AM would NOT resemble a human in the slightest. please tell me you read the book#AM would be an uncomfortable and incomprehensible mess of wires and screens. it doesnt move it Crawls and it's metal scrapes on the floor.#whatever could possibly resemble limbs would be too long or abnormally shaped. a mess of wires and scrap metal and circuitry#there is no need for teeth or a jaw. speakers work just fine. no need for noses. robots dont need to smell#there is no need for ears. AM already has enough sensors spanning the world that pick up way too much sound at any given time.#and theres no need for eyes. asides from making the last living subjects uncomfortable. sensors once again work fine#AM is a horrible and messy amalgamation of parts. ever changing and shifiting as mass falls off and is rebuilt.#wires and cables and scrap and pieces scavenged from what little remains of the world. an ouroboros of metal#there is no need for anything remotely human in AM's design. especially when AM literally hates humans.#why would AM go out of it's way to *be* human.#“oh but AM was jealous of humans for their senses” YES but jealousy of SENSES does not equal jealousy of FORM#you ever see those poor cable management pictures that just looks like a conglomerate of wires and switches? THAT is AM .#that is not a human. that is not an animal. that is a machine and it hates.#ihnmaims
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was talking in a server about being passed around by friends taking turns going feral on you and how i'd prefer to be teased and wondering how this would translate to robot girls
like being pulled into someones lap, you're in low-power mode from a long night and you're not sure who but they gently rub their fingers over your tactile sensors, creating a tingling feeling. meanwhile someone else takes a hand and gently pushes the servos around, the small current they create buzzing in your finger tips.
maybe they gently put a finger on a fan, letting it slide to a stop and whine gently, trying to spin up again. the keyboard tray for maintenance under your chest is pulled out and you feel the tactile vibrations of the mx browns bottoming out against your belly, probably playing DOOM.
#robot girl#hazyposting#how would sensations like this work for robots?#its a bit hard when there are hard plates all over#maybe pressure sensors under the plates?#maybe those gel pads i love the idea of so very much can feel the PSI of the gel within#going off the charts when squeezed
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I dunno if you do requests but if you do I'd love to see Sensor Splicer, that card has been my laptop wallpaper for years and is my fave mtg card ���
Such a good card, I miss the old New Phyrexia
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I need to be a robot as of yesterday. I need granular control over my senses. I need to be able to unplug sensors or filter them. turn off my nerve endings. install a mod that makes everything I eat taste and feel like red velvet cake
#badger rants#robot with allodynia that just has faulty touch sensors that return pain signals randomly#but luckly theyre a robot and can just turn the faulty sensor off until it behaves again
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Researchers develop non-contact touch sensors for robotics
A radical new type of touch sensor for robotics and other bio-mimicking (bionic) applications is so sensitive it works even without direct contact between the sensor and the objects being detected. It senses interference in the electric field between an object and the sensor, at up to 100 millimeters from the object. The researchers at Qingdao University in China, with collaborators elsewhere in China and South Korea, describe their innovation in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. Electronic skins have become a crucial element in bionic robots, allowing them to detect and react to external stimuli promptly. This can allow robotic systems to analyze an object's shape, and, if required, also to pick it up and manipulate it.
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#Materials Science#Science#Robotics#Sensors#Biomimicry#Dielectric#Carbon nitride#Polydimethylsiloxane#Polymers#Carbon#Nitrides#Composites
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by Adam Zewe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Imagine grasping a heavy object, like a pipe wrench, with one hand. You would likely grab the wrench using your entire fingers, not just your fingertips. Sensory receptors in your skin, which run along the entire length of each finger, would send information to your brain about the tool you are grasping."
"In a robotic hand, tactile sensors that use cameras to obtain information about grasped objects are small and flat, so they are often located in the fingertips. These robots, in turn, use only their fingertips to grasp objects, typically with a pinching motion. This limits the manipulation tasks they can perform."
"MIT researchers have developed a camera-based touch sensor that is long, curved, and shaped like a human finger. Their device provides high-resolution tactile sensing over a large area. The sensor, called the GelSight Svelte, uses two mirrors to reflect and refract light so that one camera, located in the base of the sensor, can see along the entire finger's length. The work has been published on the pre-print server arXiv.
In addition, the researchers built the finger-shaped sensor with a flexible backbone. By measuring how the backbone bends when the finger touches an object, they can estimate the force being placed on the sensor.
They used GelSight Svelte sensors to produce a robotic hand that was able to grasp a heavy object like a human would, using the entire sensing area of all three of its fingers. The hand could also perform the same pinch grasps common to traditional robotic grippers."
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"don't allow, thru inaction, a human to come to harm" has to have a distance cap on it, right? There's always humans coming to harm somewhere
#i read i robot and it's still very good#and i understand that part of The Point is that humans can't code morality into robots because we don't understand it#nor can we account for every situation#but like you know those programmers just left the limits of the sensors as the limits without actually putting it into code#once a robot can connect to more than one security camera at once their processor is going to fry
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Unveiling the Power of Position Velocity Feedback Transmitter Systems in Modern Industries

Introduction: The Importance of Position and Velocity Feedback Systems in Precision Control
Position and velocity feedback transmitter systems are integral to industries that demand high-precision control and motion tracking. These systems are employed to monitor the position and velocity of moving objects in real-time, providing critical data for automated operations. The evolution of these systems has been significant, with advancements in technology enabling more compact, accurate, and reliable feedback mechanisms that drive automation, robotics, aerospace, automotive, and healthcare applications.
With the global shift towards increased automation, the demand for such systems is on the rise. Industries across the board require precise control of machinery, vehicles, and robots to enhance performance, improve safety, and optimize productivity. The growing need for smart manufacturing, autonomous vehicles, and medical robotics underscores the vital role these systems play in modern industries. Despite some challenges, such as high upfront costs and integration complexities, the long-term benefits of precision, efficiency, and reliability outweigh these hurdles.
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Position Velocity Feedback Transmitter Systems Market Dynamics: Drivers, Challenges, and Opportunities
Drivers of Growth
The Position Velocity Feedback Transmitter Systems market is experiencing robust growth driven by several key factors:
Advancements in Automation and Robotics: Industries across manufacturing, automotive, and aerospace are increasingly adopting automation technologies. These systems allow for faster, more accurate control, driving the need for precise position and velocity feedback.
Technological Advancements in Sensors: Innovations in sensor technology, particularly in digital systems, are facilitating the development of more accurate and miniaturized position velocity feedback systems. The integration of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies is making these systems smarter and more adaptable, driving their adoption in industries such as healthcare, smart manufacturing, and autonomous vehicles.
The Rise of Industry 4.0: Industry 4.0 technologies are revolutionizing production lines, with automation and data-driven decisions at their core. Position velocity feedback systems play a critical role in enabling smarter, more efficient manufacturing processes.
Emerging Applications in Healthcare and Autonomous Vehicles: In healthcare, robotic surgeries and diagnostics systems demand highly accurate motion control, while autonomous vehicles require precise feedback systems for safe operation. Both sectors are driving significant demand for position and velocity feedback systems.
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Challenges to Position Velocity Feedback Transmitter Systems Market Adoption
Despite the promising growth, several barriers could slow the widespread adoption of position velocity feedback transmitter systems:
High Initial Investment Costs: The cost of acquiring and integrating high-precision position velocity feedback systems can be prohibitive, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). High upfront costs can deter organizations from upgrading or adopting these systems, limiting market expansion.
Complexity of System Integration: Integrating new feedback systems with existing infrastructure and machinery can be complex and time-consuming, especially in industries that have legacy systems. This complexity increases the time to market and may discourage immediate adoption.
Specialized Training Requirements: The operation, calibration, and maintenance of advanced position velocity feedback systems require highly specialized knowledge and skills. The shortage of skilled labor in these fields may hinder growth, particularly in developing regions.
Key Opportunities
Several emerging trends present substantial opportunities for the growth of the position velocity feedback transmitter systems market:
Smart Manufacturing: As manufacturing processes become increasingly automated, there is a growing demand for position velocity feedback systems to enhance productivity and reduce human error. These systems are integral to improving the efficiency of production lines and ensuring consistent product quality.
Healthcare Robotics: Surgical robots, diagnostic devices, and rehabilitation technologies require real-time motion control. The healthcare sector’s increasing reliance on these technologies provides a substantial opportunity for the growth of high-precision position feedback systems.
Autonomous Vehicles: The rapid development of autonomous vehicles (AVs) hinges on accurate motion tracking and feedback systems for safe navigation. As the demand for AVs increases, so too will the demand for position and velocity feedback transmitters that ensure precise vehicle control.
Position Velocity Feedback Transmitter Systems Market Segmentation and Analysis
By Type
The position velocity feedback transmitter systems market can be divided into two key types:
Position Feedback Transmitter: This sub-segment is expected to dominate the market, driven by the increasing demand for precision in industrial automation applications. Position feedback transmitters provide accurate location tracking, ensuring the correct placement of components in automated systems.
Velocity Feedback Transmitter: While this segment is smaller, it is growing rapidly due to the need for precise speed control in applications such as robotics, aerospace, and automotive industries.
By Technology
Analog Systems: While still in use, analog systems are being increasingly replaced by more sophisticated digital feedback systems that offer greater accuracy and scalability.
Digital Systems: Dominating the market, digital systems provide real-time, highly accurate feedback for a range of applications, particularly in industries like automotive, aerospace, and healthcare. The continued innovation in sensor technology and integration with IoT is expected to fuel further growth in this segment.
By Application
The demand for position and velocity feedback systems spans a variety of industries:
Industrial Automation: Expected to maintain the largest market share, industrial automation continues to be the leading driver of demand for precise motion control systems. These systems are integral to ensuring the accuracy and speed of machinery in sectors such as manufacturing and material handling.
Aerospace and Defense: Aerospace applications require high-precision feedback systems for tasks such as flight control, navigation, and satellite positioning.
Automotive: As automotive systems become more automated, the demand for position and velocity feedback systems grows. These systems ensure precise vehicle control in autonomous and semi-autonomous driving technologies.
Energy: The energy sector, particularly in renewable energy systems, requires high-performance motion control to optimize energy production and distribution.
By Region
The market is geographically diverse, with distinct growth patterns across various regions:
North America: Dominating the market, North America is poised to continue leading the position velocity feedback transmitter systems market due to its advanced industrial sectors, including aerospace and automotive.
Asia-Pacific: The Asia-Pacific region is expected to witness the highest growth rate, driven by rapid industrialization and the increasing adoption of automation technologies in countries like China and India.
Europe: Europe’s strong automotive and industrial automation sectors will continue to contribute to the growth of this market.
Latin America and Middle East & Africa: While smaller markets, the demand for these systems is expected to rise as industries in these regions embrace automation and robotics.
Position Velocity Feedback Transmitter Systems Market Competitive Landscape
Key Players
The market for position velocity feedback transmitters is highly competitive, with several industry leaders at the forefront:
Pepperl+Fuchs: Known for its next-generation sensors, Pepperl+Fuchs continues to innovate with solutions tailored to the needs of the automotive and industrial automation sectors. The company launched new high-performance sensors aimed at enhancing precision in harsh industrial environments in 2024.
Temposonics: Specializing in digital feedback systems, Temposonics has made significant strides in the robotics and aerospace sectors. Their advanced systems offer real-time position and velocity tracking, catering to industries that demand high-speed and high-accuracy solutions.
Other Key Players: Other companies in this market include Balluff, Siemens, and Honeywell, each offering various solutions across different applications, from industrial automation to healthcare.
Emerging Trends in Competition
Integration of IoT: Manufacturers are increasingly integrating IoT technologies into their position velocity feedback systems to enhance data collection, improve connectivity, and enable predictive maintenance.
Customization and Tailored Solutions: Companies are focusing on providing customized solutions for specific industries to cater to the unique needs of sectors such as automotive, aerospace, and healthcare.
Sustainability Initiatives: With growing environmental concerns, companies are developing energy-efficient systems that not only meet performance requirements but also adhere to sustainable production practices.
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Conclusion:
The Position Velocity Feedback Transmitter Systems Market is on a rapid growth trajectory, driven by advancements in automation, robotics, and sensor technologies. The demand for high-precision motion control systems is intensifying as industries seek to improve efficiency, safety, and productivity. Despite challenges such as high initial costs and integration complexities, the opportunities presented by emerging applications in healthcare, autonomous vehicles, and smart manufacturing are substantial.
With continued innovation and a focus on integration with IoT and digital technologies, the market is well-positioned for long-term expansion. As the industrial landscape continues to evolve, the role of position and velocity feedback systems will be pivotal in shaping the future of automation and precision control across various sectors.
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Buzzing insights: Tracking bees with robotic flowers and hive sensors
- By Anthony King , Horizon -
Think of wildlife tracking and what probably comes to mind are documentaries following the majestic movements of elephants through the savannah, the graceful migrations of sea turtles in the deep blue and the prowling of big cats in dense jungles.
Yet, in the grand tapestry of nature, one creature that’s vital to the ecosystem but less in the spotlight can be found gently toiling away: the humble bee. Researchers are keeping a watchful eye on these buzzing wonders in a unique effort to understand their behaviour and ensure their survival.
Big buzz
Bees pollinate 80% of all flowering plants, including more than 130 types of fruits and vegetables. Unsung heroes of the natural world, bees and other pollinators are responsible for up to €550 billion a year in global food production.
‘We need to understand better how bees move and pollinate plants,’ said Dr Mathieu Lihoreau, a behavioural ecologist at the University of Toulouse.
Cut to a farm outside Toulouse, the southern French city better known as the location of bigger winged objects: Airbus planes.
But this is no ordinary farm. It’s an experimental site with, for example, no real flowers. Bumblebees and honeybees will be released into the fields – spread over 25 hectares – and tracked while flying to robotic flowers to taste a sugary reward.
The experiment is part of a research project that received EU funding to improve understanding of how bees forage and interact. Lihoreau leads the project, which is called BEE-MOVE and runs for five years until the end of September 2026.
He will trace dozens of bees simultaneously with a radar as they navigate around hundreds of robo-flowers set out in the fields. Knowing why bees buzz off in a certain direction can help improve crop pollination, conserve wild bee populations and save some rare plant species.
Captivating creatures
While Lihoreau has always been fascinated by animal behaviour, as a student he pictured himself observing whales in the Pacific Ocean or primates in African jungles. But then as a young scientist he became captivated by much smaller creatures after joining a laboratory that studied ants.
His attention now is on how bees navigate and make decisions as they seek nectar and pollen, orienting themselves using the sun, landscape features and even other bees. Because they collect food for themselves and harvest nectar and pollen for their colony, bees memorise the landscape.
Research suggests bees can even have emotions and doubts, detect electric fields and count.
‘I’m fascinated by them,’ Lihoreau said.
In total, there are around 20 000 bee species and wild bees are critical for a healthy ecosystem. They’re vital assistants in the reproduction of plants by carrying pollen from one flower to another.
Previously, researchers used large and expensive harmonic radars to track an antenna placed on the back of an individual bee. This allowed scientists to follow the bee as it weaved its way around a meadow, searching for flowers before returning home.
But following just one bee gives merely a sliver of insight into what’s going on. Honeybees live in hives of thousands of worker bees and bumblebees reside in nests with dozens or hundreds.
How bees act as a team or make efficient foraging decisions in the company of other pollinators are open questions.
Radar tracking
The BEE-MOVE radar will do its tracking without any of the bees having antennas. It uses the same technology as reversing sensors on cars, sending out energy waves to detect objects by bouncing off them.
Lihoreau said that, to his knowledge, this is the first time such a radar has been used in ecology.
‘I want to show bees do not move randomly in the environment and to understand the rules that guide their sophisticated foraging,’ he said.
The radar will track honeybees and bumblebees separately as they fly to the robo-flowers and then together. The planned robotic plants are small metal containers that recognise individual tagged bees as they alight on a platform and allow them in to sup sugar water.
Eventually, Lihoreau wants to investigate the effect on bee behaviour of adding contaminants like pesticides to the sugar water.
Pesticide threats
Pesticides, including insecticides, used against pests like aphids are often neurotoxins.
‘Bees are in danger because they forage on plants that we treat with pesticides and then they feed on neurotoxins,’ said Lihoreau.
The European Food Safety Authority said in 2018 that neonicotinoid insecticides pose a threat to wild bees and honeybees. Neonicotinoids are suspected of scrambling the bees’ navigation systems.
Everything that bees learn when navigating a meadow, garden or cityscape is retained. This may ultimately leave them particularly vulnerable to neurotoxins.
‘Because they have this tiny brain, probably every neuron is important,’ said Lihoreau.
In agriculture, healthy bees are crucial for good yields in crops such as strawberries and almonds.
‘Orchards hire beekeepers to bring in hives, but they need numerous healthy bees,’ said Dr Joao Encarnacao, a sensor expert at Irideon, a technology company in the Spanish city of Barcelona.
Hive sensors
If a hive is unhealthy, it can’t pollinate enough flowers and the fruit crop is reduced. But a farmer will become aware of a shortfall in pollinators only when it’s too late.
Encarnacao leads an EU-funded project – iPollinate – positioning sensors on hives to report real-time foraging of honeybees. The tracking technique relies on artificial intelligence and multiple coin-sized sensors placed on the hive.
The information can be used by an orchard owner to spotlight the healthiest bee colonies or to learn the best locations for hives.
‘You get metrics that show you how productive the beehives are for pollination,’ said Encarnacao. ‘So far, nobody has enough information to know how to optimise things like the placement or the orientation of beehives, yet this might be the difference between having good pollination and bad.’
The project, which is due to end in December 2023 after three years, aims by then to have built a prototype of the sensor system. The plan is for the service to be available to commercial partners of the project in 2024.
The sensors have been tested in onion seeds in France and Israel, in berry fruit in countries including France, Spain and Portugal and in almonds and sunflowers in the US state of California.
Californian almonds are a key target for iPollinate because about 2.5 million beehives are routinely set out across more than 500 000 hectares of almond groves – a big commercial opportunity for anybody who can improve pollination and, by extension, the harvest.
Both iPollinate and BEE-MOVE highlight the crucial links between bees and the ecosystem as a whole, reinforcing the need to tackle biodiversity loss driven by human influences including pollution.
‘Bees are on the frontline of an ecological crisis,’ said Lihoreau of BEE-MOVE.
Research in this article was funded by the EU via the European Research Council (ERC). The views of the interviewees don’t necessarily reflect those of the European Commission.
This post Buzzing insights: tracking bees with robotic flowers and hive sensors was originally published on Horizon: the EU Research & Innovation magazine | European Commission.
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It's so fun how when writing transformers fanfiction you have to switch your entire lingo to their terms
Like instead of phrasing it:
'Prowl held his hand up to his head and felt where a piece of his chevron had broken off, blood dripping into his eyes and down his nose. "You bitch" he spat through his teeth'
I have to write it in cybertronian terms and phrase it like so:
"Prowl held his servo up to his helm and felt where a piece of his chevron had broken off, energon dripping into his optics and down his olfactory sensor. "You glitch" he spat through his denta'
It's like getting your sea legs but for writing about robots
#i was talking about this earlier with my sibling and i just like all the different words that cybertronians use for anatomy and swearing#it really takes me out of a fanfic when they use human terms for robot anatomy#like no that isnt his nose thats his olfactory sensor
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