Isbn: 9798184687872 - robots as environment protectors (5 risultati)

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Robots as Environment Protectors takes readers on an extraordinary journey through the frontlines of a quiet revolution happening right now in the world's most remote and threatened environments. From the depths of the Pacific Ocean to the canopies of endangered rainforests, from drought-cracked African savannahs to the chemically compromised rivers of South Asia, autonomous machines are doing what human hands alone cannot, watching, measuring, cleaning, planting, and protecting the natural world around the clock and without rest. This is not a book about science fiction futures or theoretical possibilities. It is a book about what is happening right now, told through the stories of the scientists, rangers, farmers, engineers, and communities working alongside these remarkable systems every day. It is honest about what the technology can do and equally honest about what it cannot, because the environmental crisis is too serious for anything less than complete honesty. It is a book about the partnership between human care and machine capability, about what becomes possible when the tireless precision of autonomous systems is placed in service of the deep knowledge and genuine love that the best environmental practitioners bring to their work. It explores the ethical dimensions of who owns the data, who benefits from the technology, and whose voices shape how these powerful tools are deployed. It looks honestly at the limits of what robots can accomplish and the irreplaceable role of political will, community action, and systemic change. And ultimately it is a book about hope, not the easy hope of technological salvation but the harder, more honest hope of sustained human effort, expanding capability, and the stubborn refusal to accept that the natural world we inherited cannot be passed on, diminished but not destroyed, to the generations that follow. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Robots as Environment Protectors takes readers on an extraordinary journey through the frontlines of a quiet revolution happening right now in the world's most remote and threatened environments. From the depths of the Pacific Ocean to the canopies of endangered rainforests, from drought-cracked African savannahs to the chemically compromised rivers of South Asia, autonomous machines are doing what human hands alone cannot, watching, measuring, cleaning, planting, and protecting the natural world around the clock and without rest. This is not a book about science fiction futures or theoretical possibilities. It is a book about what is happening right now, told through the stories of the scientists, rangers, farmers, engineers, and communities working alongside these remarkable systems every day. It is honest about what the technology can do and equally honest about what it cannot, because the environmental crisis is too serious for anything less than complete honesty. It is a book about the partnership between human care and machine capability, about what becomes possible when the tireless precision of autonomous systems is placed in service of the deep knowledge and genuine love that the best environmental practitioners bring to their work. It explores the ethical dimensions of who owns the data, who benefits from the technology, and whose voices shape how these powerful tools are deployed. It looks honestly at the limits of what robots can accomplish and the irreplaceable role of political will, community action, and systemic change. And ultimately it is a book about hope, not the easy hope of technological salvation but the harder, more honest hope of sustained human effort, expanding capability, and the stubborn refusal to accept that the natural world we inherited cannot be passed on, diminished but not destroyed, to the generations that follow. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…