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Seemingly overnight, we’ve ended up coexisting with artificial intelligence. It’s making spoof photos of the pope, scaring the stock market with fake explosions and helping us with our emotional issues. But some are wondering whether there are better uses for the technology: Though intended to be funny, that tweet raises an interesting question: Could AI […]

AI algorithms are already being widely used, including in ocean cleaning.

Technology can help mitigate environmental damage, but it can’t solve the problem

Back in 2020, Open Ocean Engineering launched an autonomous vessel designed to clear plastic waste from local waterways. After partnering with Razer last year for a radical redesign, a sleeker Clearbot has now started patrolling Hong Kong waters.

Open Ocean Engineering has developed Clearbot Neo, a robot boat which uses artificial intelligence (AI) and the Microsoft Azure platform to...

Start-ups Gense Technologies and Open Ocean Engineering have won the Alibaba and HSBC-backed Jumpstarter 2022 Global Pitch Competition.

Clearbot, a solar-powered, marine trash-collecting robot These aquatic trash-collecting robots use AI-Vision to detect and collect trash from water bodies. Credit: Clearbot Nowadays, more and more plastic objects are being produced, such as plates, glasses, bottles, or bags. When we dispose of them, they can end up in a landfill, be incinerated, or recycled. Also, due to wind and rain action, this waste can reach the sea even when we throw it away. The marine waste can choke coastal waters and ...

Autonomous aquatic robot goes after garbage Autonomous aquatic robot goes ... The Clearbot presently takes in litter through its open bow – a conveyor belt system is in development Clearbot Clearbot 2/3 The Clearbot is designed to operate at ambient temperatures ranging from 4º to 40º C (39º to 104º F) Clearbot 3/3 The Clearbot presently takes in litter through its open bow – a conveyor belt system is in development Clearbot Although cleaning up t...