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12 Sustainability in Science
Discuss the importance of sustainability in robotics and sensors.
• Sensing capabilities include mobile platforms. These consist mainly of aerial
robots, aquatic, and terrestrial. They are utilized in disaster response and routine
monitoring of various water bodies, including lakes and oceans.
How do sensing capabilities enhance sustainability?
• The third application is the cyber-physical systems whereby computing is
incorporated in physical systems, including cars, buildings, and highways to
enhance energy efficiency and safety. Human-built systems like airplanes and
cars are on robotic systems (Mankoff et al. 2008).
Buildings can be made sustainable through architectural designs. However,
this has often been cited as challenging. What are the challenges associated
with the development of sustainable buildings?
• The fourth application is intelligent systems whereby the sensing and control
capabilities could only be actualized using intelligent software to include artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is also crucial for deliberative human
decision-making like resource planning (including water usage and wildlife
reserves) with machine learning being detrimental supporting methods (Mankoff
et al. 2008).
• The fifth application is social computing and networking. In this application,
information and computing technology connects individuals, and thus offers
avenues for social ties to alter behavior or environmental sustainability. Sustainability applications would include the formation of online recycling cooperatives
as well as promoting the buying of ecologically friendly goods based on full life
cycle analysis.
• The sixth application is mobile computing which is at the center of intelligent
systems, sensors, social computing as well as other areas. Some other applications include the analysis of data that may range from animals and plants to
consumer bar codes (Mankoff et al. 2008).
12 Sustainability in Science
Discuss the importance of sustainability in robotics and sensors.
• Sensing capabilities include mobile platforms. These consist mainly of aerial
robots, aquatic, and terrestrial. They are utilized in disaster response and routine
monitoring of various water bodies, including lakes and oceans.
How do sensing capabilities enhance sustainability?
• The third application is the cyber-physical systems whereby computing is
incorporated in physical systems, including cars, buildings, and highways to
enhance energy efficiency and safety. Human-built systems like airplanes and
cars are on robotic systems (Mankoff et al. 2008).
Buildings can be made sustainable through architectural designs. However,
this has often been cited as challenging. What are the challenges associated
with the development of sustainable buildings?
• The fourth application is intelligent systems whereby the sensing and control
capabilities could only be actualized using intelligent software to include artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is also crucial for deliberative human
decision-making like resource planning (including water usage and wildlife
reserves) with machine learning being detrimental supporting methods (Mankoff
et al. 2008).
• The fifth application is social computing and networking. In this application,
information and computing technology connects individuals, and thus offers
avenues for social ties to alter behavior or environmental sustainability. Sustainability applications would include the formation of online recycling cooperatives
as well as promoting the buying of ecologically friendly goods based on full life
cycle analysis.
• The sixth application is mobile computing which is at the center of intelligent
systems, sensors, social computing as well as other areas. Some other applications include the analysis of data that may range from animals and plants to
consumer bar codes (Mankoff et al. 2008).