Row-Bot: a robot that eats pollution

David Alayón
Sep 5, 2018 · 1 min read

Jonathan Rossiter is a Robotics Professor at the University of Bristol and a researcher at the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and Founder and Director of the Soft Robotics Group at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory. Although there are an infinite number of different robots, Rossiter is focused on developing robots that feed on pollution and use it to keep working, and continue consuming more pollution. Take a look at his TED talk.

Really interesting concept! Is amazing how the “Row-bot” mechanism it has been based on nature (biomimetics), inspired by the Basking Shark and the Water Boatman. Its goal is to clean the water and it uses a microbial fuel cell to neutralize algae blooms and oil slicks, and could be a precursor to biodegradable and autonomous robots to combat pollution.

It’s still in a prototype phase but they believe that in 5 years they will be able to have a definitive solution. Other nature-inspired robots that are also autonomous would be Envirobot and Octobot.

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