Mobile service robot capable of collecting biological and soil samples for environmental monitoring with at least four wheels, one anthropomorphic robotic arm programmable with at least five degrees of freedom, a soil drilling apparatus, a drag apparatus characterized in that: a) the at least four wheels include studded tires, actuated independently in drive and steering and; b) the soil drilling apparatus comprises a support structure, a table and linear guides; c) the drag apparatus comprises a support structure, a table and linear guides, an electric motor, a carriage, skids and receptacles; and characterized in that it comprises d) a passive longitudinal axis; e) at least a laser scanner; f) one pair of antennas for communications in radio frequency and a high-performance router connected to a switch; g) a set of probes for soil collection and due compartments; h) one monitor accessible from the outside of the robot; i) two hermetically sealed compartments for batteries, connected by the passive longitudinal axis and two compartments for electronic components; j) transmission blocks and driving motors; k) at least one battery; l) at least four serial ports and at least eight USB ports; m) a global positioning unit with centimetre accuracy, an inertial measurement system consisting of gyroscopes and accelerometers and a mechanism to record odometry; n) at least one pair of cameras with synchronizable shutters and at least one high resolution camera; o) a wireless remote control unit comprising a hard carrying case containing an antenna for communications in radio frequency, a monitor, a laptop computer and two joysticks, a video decoder over IP; p) a control unit with analog joystick for movement control, selectors and locomotion modes of the mobile unit, an emergency stop button and a "dead man's" mechanism; q) a graphic interface. a) the at least four wheels include studded tires, actuated independently in drive and steering and; b) the soil drilling apparatus comprises a support structure, a table and linear guides; c) the drag apparatus comprises a support structure, a table and linear guides, an electric motor, a carriage, skids and receptacles; and characterized in that it comprises d) a passive longitudinal axis; e) at least a laser scanner; f) one pair of antennas for communications in radio frequency and a high-performance router connected to a switch; g) a set of probes for soil collection and due compartments; h) one monitor accessible from the outside of the robot; i) two hermetically sealed compartments for batteries, connected by the passive longitudinal axis and two compartments for electronic components; j) transmission blocks and driving motors; k) at least one battery; l) at least four serial ports and at least eight USB ports; m) a global positioning unit with centimetre accuracy, an inertial measurement system consisting of gyroscopes and accelerometers and a mechanism to record odometry; n) at least one pair of cameras with synchronizable shutters and at least one high resolution camera; o) a wireless remote control unit comprising a hard carrying case containing an antenna for communications in radio frequency, a monitor, a laptop computer and two joysticks, a video decoder over IP; p) a control unit with analog joystick for movement control, selectors and locomotion modes of the mobile unit, an emergency stop button and a "dead man's" mechanism; q) a graphic interface.