Robots collect underwater garbage

https://www.tum.de/die-tum/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/details/37116

"four individual robot components: An autonomously driving robot boat carries out an initial scan of the sea floor... drone from the air also ensures that further rubbish in the water is detected. With the help of all this information, a virtual map is generated. A collecting robot then drives through certain points on the map and collects the garbage. Larger parts are transported away with the help of a gripper... collect 90% successfully - comparable to the success achieved when divers are used"

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