This year’s winner of the Natural Robotics Contest is the Plantolin, a pangolin-inspired robot designed to plant trees.
From Superinnovators 08/10/24
Dorothy, a high school student from California, designed it, and the University of Surrey, which hosts the contest, built it.
Sponsor – Affiliate commissions
Covered in plywood scales, it digs using its claws, depositing a yew “seed bomb” into the hole.
Sponsor – Affiliate commissions
More info
https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/meet-plantolin-tree-planting-robot-pangolin-built-university-surrey
https://www.naturalroboticscontest.com
You may also be curious about:
-
New 3D imaging system could address limitations of MRI, CT and ultrasound
-
Mysterious iron ‘bar’ discovered in famous nebula
-
New algorithm lets autonomous drones work together to transport heavy, changing payloads
-
A robot learns to lip sync
-
Scientists create a system for tracking underwater blackouts
-
EVs could catch on in Africa sooner than expected due to solar-powered charging
-
Science army mobilizes to map US soil microbiome
-
New mass spectrometer could transform research
-
Solar hydrogen can now be produced efficiently without the scarce metal platinum
-
Exposure to natural light improves metabolic health
-
Avoiding marine collisions with AI
-
Low-cost visible light communication system achieves stable outdoor data transmission using LEDs