Roboticists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart have developed a jellyfish-inspired underwater robot with which they hope one day to collect waste from the bottom of the ocean. The almost noise-free prototype can trap objects underneath its body without physical contact, thereby enabling safe interactions in delicate environments such as coral reefs. Jellyfish-Bot could become an important tool for environmental remediation.
  • Elbullazul
    1•1 year ago

    wasn’t there a project to build huge robo-ships to do the same thing?

    • @JohnnypneumoniacOP
      2•1 year ago

      Are you thinking of The Ocean Cleanup? It’s in development and testing, but there are some criticisms about the design and its effects on ecosystems.

      I think it’s worth investigating multiple methods!