Robotic and Sensor Technologies in Environmental Exploration and Monitoring

Dear Colleagues,

The aim of this Topical Collection is to create a highly transdisciplinary discussion forum among scientists and engineers on robotic and sensor technologies for the autonomous exploration, environmental monitoring, and in situ manipulation of terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Applications can be presented in relation to different platform designs (including the biomimicking ones), energy systems (e.g., fuel cells), and navigation and data collection procedures (including storage, transmission, communication, and virtual-control interfaces). Fields of relevance can be the surveillance of maritime industrial activities, precision agriculture developments, exploration and assessment of marine and terrestrial georesources, exo-oceans exploration (e.g., for Enceladus or Europa), and the spatiotemporally intensive measurements of ecosystems and their biodiversity or services (e.g., in situ biological sampling and fishery-independent stock assessment). Technologies for marine litter and microplastics quantification and removal are also welcome. New sensor technologies or innovative applications of already existing ones (e.g., LiDAR, multispectral, and optoacoustic imaging) are welcome. Special preference will be given to new ecogenomic sensor applications

Dr. Jacopo Aguzzi
Dr. Corrado Costa
Dr. Sergio Stefanni
Dr. Valerio Funari
Collection Editors

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