Bo-rasaense ba lijalo ho theosa le lilemo ba ithutile haholo ka hore na limela li hola joang kaholimo ho mobu, empa ha ho tsebahale hakaalo ka metso le tšebelisano ea mobu oa tsona. Hajoale, projeke ea Cornell e tšehelitsoeng ka lichelete ke lichelete tse peli tse arohaneng tsa lilemo tse tharo e tla hlahisa liroboto tse kang seboko, ho sesa mobu ho utloa le ho rekota thepa ea mobu, metsi, microbiome ea mobu le hore na metso e hola joang.
Chelete ea $ 2 milione ea National Science Foundation (NSF) e etelletsoeng pele ke mofuputsi ea ka sehloohong (PI) Taryn Bauerle, moprofesa e mong oa karolo ea Horticulture Karolo ea Sekolo sa Saense e Kopantseng ea Semela (SIP) K'holejeng ea Temo le Life Science, e tla shebana le limela le pono ea mobu.
Ho sa le joalo, thuso ea $ 750,000 ea NSF National Robotics Initiative ho PI Robert Shepherd, moprofesa e mong oa Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering K'holejeng ea Boenjiniere, e tla nts'etsapele liroboto tsa ho lekola mobu.
Morero o tla shebana le poone, ka sepheo sa mantlha sa ho kenyelletsa lintlha tse amanang le kholo ea metso ho ntlafatsa boiteko ba ho ikatisa le taolo ea mobu e amang ka kotloloho tlhahiso ea lijo le polokeho.
"Re rerile ho etsa lisebelisoa tse ncha hore re tsebe ho kenella tikolohong e ka tlase ho mobu ea limela le mobu ka tsela e re lumellang ho khantša lebokoseng le letšo la litšebelisano tsa limela le mobu," ho boletse Bauerle.
"Hona ke moeli o latelang oa biology ea limela," ho boletse pro-PI ea projeke Michael Gore, Liberty Hyde Bailey moprofesa le moprofesa oa ho ikatisa ha limolek'hule le liphatsa tsa lefutso Karolong ea ho tsoala limela le liphatsa tsa lefutso tsa SIPS. Ka ho lekanya litšobotsi tse ka tlase ho mobu, bafuputsi ba ka khetholla likamano le litšobotsi tse kaholimo ho mobu, ho boletse Gore.
Ho fumana litekanyo tseo, sehlopha se tla etsa liroboto tse 1 ho isa ho tse 2 tse kang seboko tse etsisang hore na bore e cheka joang mobung, e kopantsoe le motsamao o etsisang tsela eo liboko li tsamaeang ka eona mobu.
"Pele e lokolla mobu mme mokokotlo o sutumetsa pele mme o hatella mobu oo leboteng la kotopo," ho boletse Shepherd. Ba rera hore roboto e le 'ngoe e bokelle data e tsoelang pele holimo le tlase moleng oohle oa poone.
Sehlopha se tla leka liteko tse 'maloa le maano. Bokhoni ba roboto ea ho phunya mobu bo ka senola litšobotsi tse kang botenya ba mobu le ho tiea. Liroboto li tla ba le lisebelisoa tse nyane tsa mocheso le mongobo.
Likhoele tsa fiber optic li ka fana ka litekanyo tse ngata, ho kenyeletsoa le litšoantšo tse tobileng tsa metso ho lekanya kholo le maqhubu. Sehlopha se rerile ho hira "AquaDust" e ntlafalitsoeng labong ea pro-PI co-PI Abraham Stroock, Moprofesa oa Gordon L. Dibble '50 Sekolong sa Smith sa Lik'hemik'hale le Biomolecular Engineering K'holejeng ea Boenjiniere. Li-fluoresces tsa AquaDust ka bolelele bo fapaneng ba bokahohle ho latela bongata ba metsi mobung.
Lisebelisoa tsa fiber li ka boela tsa lumella litekanyo tsa bolelele ba nyakallo le tlhahiso ea bokaholimo ba likokoana-hloko tsa mobu le metso ea metso, ho kenyeletsoa le metsoako ea khabone e tsoang ka metso ea semela. "Re lokela ho tseba ho tseba hore na ke lik'hemik'hale life le lintho tse phelang tse atileng holima motso le mobu o o potileng," ho boletse Shepherd.
Ka ho lekanya likarolo tsa motso, thepa ea mobu, metsoako, likokoana-hloko le metsi, bafuputsi ba kanna ba sebelisa mefuta ea ho noha ho kopanya litšobotsi tse ka tlase le tse kaholimo ho bolela esale pele lintho tse kang lihlahisoa tsa lijo-thollo le mamello ea khatello ea maikutlo, ho boletse Gore.
Morero o mong oa morero e tla ba ho lekola hore na limela li ka arabela joang liphellong tsa phetoho ea maemo a leholimo, joalo ka phumaneho ea metsi. Litekanyo tsa kholo ea motso, tse kenngoeng le tlhaiso-leseling ea tikoloho, li ka fana ka leseli la hore na metso e hola joang ho ipapisitsoe le maemo a kantle, joalo ka komello.
Kaha mobu ha se mokhoa o motle oa phetisetso ea waelese, bafuputsi ba tla leka liteko tse rekotang data mohopolong, hore li tle li nkuoe hamorao. Ba kanna ba khona ho leka liteko tsa puisano ea acoustic ka mobu le likhoele tse tsamaeang ka tatellano ea limela tsa poone. Qetellong ea projeke, bafuputsi ba ts'epa ho bonts'a lipontšo tse hlakileng tsa li-prototypes lebaleng la poone.
Mosebetsi oa pele o entsoe hore o khonehe ke chelete ea peo ho tsoa ho Bohato ba Cornell ba Temo ea Digital fana ka thuso.