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A global horizon scan of the future impacts of robotics and autonomous systems on urban ecosystems
Nature Ecology & Evolution ( IF 13.9 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-04 , DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-01358-z
Mark A Goddard _{1,

2} , Zoe G Davies ₃ , Solène Guenat ₁ , Mark J Ferguson ₄ , Jessica C Fisher ₃ , Adeniran Akanni ₅ , Teija Ahjokoski ₆ , Pippin M L Anderson ₇ , Fabio Angeoletto ₈ , Constantinos Antoniou ₉ , Adam J Bates ₁₀ , Andrew Barkwith ₁₁ , Adam Berland ₁₂ , Christopher J Bouch ₁₃ , Christine C Rega-Brodsky ₁₄ , Loren B Byrne ₁₅ , David Cameron ₁₆ , Rory Canavan ₁₇ , Tim Chapman ₁₈ , Stuart Connop ₁₉ , Steve Crossland ₂₀ , Marie C Dade ₂₁ , David A Dawson ₂₂ , Cynnamon Dobbs ₂₃ , Colleen T Downs ₂₄ , Erle C Ellis ₂₅ , Francisco J Escobedo ₂₆ , Paul Gobster ₂₇ , Natalie Marie Gulsrud ₂₈ , Burak Guneralp ₂₉ , Amy K Hahs ₃₀ , James D Hale ₃₁ , Christopher Hassall ₃₂ , Marcus Hedblom ₃₃ , Dieter F Hochuli ₃₄ , Tommi Inkinen ₃₅ , Ioan-Cristian Ioja ₃₆ , Dave Kendal ₃₇ , Tom Knowland ₃₈ , Ingo Kowarik ₃₉ , Simon J Langdale ₄₀ , Susannah B Lerman ₂₇ , Ian MacGregor-Fors ₄₁ , Peter Manning ₄₂ , Peter Massini ₄₃ , Stacey McLean ₄₄ , David D Mkwambisi ₄₅ , Alessandro Ossola ₄₆ , Gabriel Pérez Luque ₄₇ , Luis Pérez-Urrestarazu ₄₈ , Katia Perini ₄₉ , Gad Perry ₅₀ , Tristan J Pett ₃ , Kate E Plummer ₅₁ , Raoufou A Radji ₅₂ , Uri Roll ₅₃ , Simon G Potts ₅₄ , Heather Rumble ₅₅ , Jon P Sadler ₅₆ , Stevienna de Saille ₅₇ , Sebastian Sautter ₅₈ , Catherine E Scott ₅₉ , Assaf Shwartz ₆₀ , Tracy Smith ₆₁ , Robbert P H Snep ₆₂ , Carl D Soulsbury ₆₃ , Margaret C Stanley ₆₄ , Tim Van de Voorde ₆₅ , Stephen J Venn ₆₆ , Philip H Warren ₆₇ , Carla-Leanne Washbourne ₆₈ , Mark Whitling ₆₉ , Nicholas S G Williams ₂₉ , Jun Yang ₇₀ , Kumelachew Yeshitela ₇₁ , Ken P Yocom ₇₂ , Martin Dallimer ₁

Affiliation

Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Knowledge Spa, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, UK.
Lagos State Ministry of Environment, Lagos, Nigeria.
Bristol City Council, Bristol, UK.
Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Rondonópolis, Brazil.
Department of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK.
British Geological Survey, Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham, UK.
Department of Geography, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA.
School of Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Biology Department, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS, USA.
Department of Biology, Marine Biology and Environmental Science, Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI, USA.
Information School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Arup, Leeds, UK.
Infrastructure Group, Arup, London, UK.
Sustainability Research Institute, University of East London, London, UK.
Balfour Beatty, Thurnscoe, UK.
Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Facultad de Ciencias, Centro de Modelación y Monitoreo de Ecosistemas, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile.
Centre for Functional Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Biology Department, Universidad del Rosario, Bogota, Colombia.
US Forest Service Northern Research Station, Madison, WI, USA.
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Section of Landscape Architecture and Planning, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Division of Conservation Biology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Brahea Centre, Centre for Maritime Studies, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Center for Environmental Research and Impact Studies, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.
School of Technology, Environments and Design, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Leeds City Council, Leeds, UK.
Institute of Plant Ecology, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Synthotech, Harrogate, UK.
Red de Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL), Veracruz, Mexico.
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt, Germany.
Greater London Authority, London, UK.
The Wildlife Land Fund, Highgate Hill, Queensland, Australia.
MUST Institute for Industrial Research and Innovation, Malawi University of Science and Technology, Blantyre, Malawi.
Department of Plant Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
Department of Computer Science and Industrial Engineering, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain.
Urban Greening and Biosystems Engineering Research Group, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain.
Architecture and Design Department, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Department of Natural Resource Management, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford, UK.
Laboratory of Forestry Research (LRF), University of Lomé, Lomé, Togo.
Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel.
Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, UK.
School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES), University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Institute for the Study of the Human (iHuman), Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
SAUTTER ZT - Advanced Energy Consulting, Graz, Austria.
Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Human and Biodiversity Research Lab, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Amey Consulting, Motherwell, UK.
Wageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK.
School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Department of Geography, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy, University College London, London, UK.
Environment Agency, York, UK.
Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Ecosystem Planning and Management, Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development (EiABC), Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

Technology is transforming societies worldwide. A major innovation is the emergence of robotics and autonomous systems (RAS), which have the potential to revolutionize cities for both people and nature. Nonetheless, the opportunities and challenges associated with RAS for urban ecosystems have yet to be considered systematically. Here, we report the findings of an online horizon scan involving 170 expert participants from 35 countries. We conclude that RAS are likely to transform land use, transport systems and human–nature interactions. The prioritized opportunities were primarily centred on the deployment of RAS for the monitoring and management of biodiversity and ecosystems. Fewer challenges were prioritized. Those that were emphasized concerns surrounding waste from unrecovered RAS, and the quality and interpretation of RAS-collected data. Although the future impacts of RAS for urban ecosystems are difficult to predict, examining potentially important developments early is essential if we are to avoid detrimental consequences but fully realize the benefits.

中文翻译：

机器人和自主系统对城市生态系统未来影响的全球视野扫描

技术正在改变全世界的社会。一项重大创新是机器人技术和自治系统 (RAS) 的出现，它们有可能为人类和自然彻底改变城市。尽管如此，与 RAS 相关的城市生态系统机遇和挑战尚未得到系统考虑。在这里，我们报告了来自 35 个国家/地区的 170 名专家参与者的在线地平线扫描结果。我们得出结论，RAS 可能会改变土地利用、交通系统和人与自然的相互作用。优先机会主要集中在部署 RAS 以监测和管理生物多样性和生态系统。优先考虑的挑战较少。那些被强调的问题涉及未回收的 RAS 产生的废物，以及 RAS 收集数据的质量和解释。

更新日期：2021-01-04

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