Robot helps with ocean clean-up

Scientists in Norway have created an underwater robot that can identify different kinds of pollution at the bottom of the sea. The robot will help cleanup teams identify the spots where there is rubbish and focus their time and money removing the most damaging materials. The robot, which weighs 45 kilograms and uses special cameras to capture 3D images, was created by a team at Skarv Technologies. Another Norwegian company, Ecotone, developed a spectrometer – a device that can work out what material an object is made of, even in murky water. The researchers put their work to the test at a bay in the city of Bergen, on Norway’s south-west coast. First, the robot swam up and down in rows two metres above the seabed, collecting data. Then a…

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