Row-bot, a robot to clean the sea. It recharges by eating garbage.

ROW BOT SEA WASTE –

The University of Bristol, in England, has created a true technological gem to safeguard the marine environment and improve the condition of our waters. An eco-friendly robot, a sea sweeper that swims and feeds on the waste it swallows.

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THE ECOLOGICAL ROBOT ROW BOT –

The product it's called Row-bot, where on one hand the word robot is played on and on the other hand the verb «to row» which means to row. Yes, because The aquatic robot swims and, thanks to its stomach, a microbiological fuel cell, transforms the organic matter present in the water into electrical energy through biodegradation..

The goal is to clean waters of contaminants or harmful agents (think, for example, of plastic pollution or sudden oil spills) and to monitor potentially hazardous environments such as those affected by natural disasters or neglect. It operates automatically and indefinitely.

HOW TO RECHARGE ROW BOT –

By eliminating pollutants and cleaning the sea, Row-bot simultaneously recharges its batteries, and it continually opens its mouth, ingesting everything it encounters. It thus ingests and digests the pollutants that constitute its source of nourishment.

When it can no longer recharge its batteries, the robot finally changes direction, looking for new waters to clean., and this way it never needs external charging or human intervention.

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