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Nowadays desertification becomes an economic and social problem. The key to against desertification is speed and scale. Straw checkerboard barrier is a great one in many solutions, which can prevent sand from running away and hold the water. And it's a very useful step before biological treatment. However, facing the problem of mechanized vehicle walking in the desert and high labor cost, straw checkerboard barriers are only paved around the road. Desert Terminator is an amphibious drone robot. It’s main role is to automatically lay straw checkerboard in any desert area previously established according to GPS.
Hunan University
Changsha, China
Long Yuan,
Hunan University