The robotics researchers at Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have produced some truly impressive (and creepy) animal-inspired droids over the years. Following in the footsteps of the team’s robotic turtles, grasshoppers and crocodiles comes the Envirobot, a roboti... Read more
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Wait, won’t governments and rogue organisations use these underwater robots for spying?
We need more of these robotic ocean cleaners to deal with the worsening plastic crisis.
Here’s another one – a robotic eel that can hunt down pollution in the water.
https://newatlas.com/robotic-eel-envirobot-pollution-water/50621/
Check out this news report about robotic fish that detects and removes microplastics from the water.