¶ Australian Forest Robotics Wiki
This wiki gives an objective, Australia-focused resource, with concise information on relevant global forestry automation and robotics trends. It will be continuously updated by the user community to track advancements.
¶ Background
Automation and robotics hold substantial potential to improve Australia's forestry sector. Key benefits include increased productivity, the development of innovative work methods, addressing labour shortages, enhanced safety, reduced environmental damage, and attracting new talent. Robotics technology is advancing globally, yet forest-specific robotics is still in its early stages.
Practical robotic and automated solutions for these and other needs might emerge from the commercial equipment market in forestry and other industries or through public and private R&D pipelines.
This project explored these opportunities with the industry and guided by Australia's strategic forestry objectives aimed to help the industry to:
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Prioritise relevant adaptation and R&D in automation and robotics.
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Build industry skills and understanding in automation, data, and robotics; and
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Begin integrating robotics into forest management practices.
This wiki gives the technologies, tools and research relevant to the Australia's forestry sector. Note that where a technology does not have a result for a specific performance category, it simply means that that performance category has not been assessed for that technology.
¶ How to use the Australian Forest Robotics Wiki
There are different ways to use the Australian Forest Robotics Wiki:
- Look at the "Recommended Technologies, Tools & Reports" table below, which is the same table given in the report "Discovering Global Automation & Robotics Relevant to Australia's Forestry Needs: An Industry-led Technology Scan". You can browse the listed technologies, and click on individual technologies to see details about it.
- Click on one of the six topic areas in the Global Navigation pane to the left, or shown with pictures below the "Recommended Technologies, Tools & Reports" table. This will take you to a page which lists individual technologies, and when you click on these you will see details about that technology.
- Use the Global Search function at the top of the page to enter a technology or topic you are interested in. This will bring up a list of technologies that match that search term, and you can click on these individually to see details about that technology.
- Click on the "Wiki Index (A-Z)" in the Global Navigation pane to the left. This will take you to a page that list all the recommended technologies, and then all the other technologies explored in this work.
- When you browse pages, you will see "Page Tags" such as to the left of the page for an individual technology. If you click on one of these tags, you will see all of the technologies with that tag that are included in the Australian Forest Robotics Wiki.
¶ Recommended Technologies, Tools & Reports
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Full Technology Index — complete A–Z list with recommended technologies