(Photo : Photo by Roxanne Minnish from Pexels) The sloth, suspended under a dense canopy of leaves, makes slow strides. Slowly, painfully long. Slowly but deliberately. The little creature, crawling high among the trees and traipsing over a 100-foot steel wire, resembles a sluggish acrobat. Its aim, however, is not to entertain or put on a show; in reality, it is the polar opposite. It's all about stealth, observation, and soaking in as much sunshine as possible for this sloth. This is, after all, a solar-powered robot. SlothBot (Photo : Screenshot from Georgia Tech YouTube Channel) SlothBot is under the direct supervision of the researchers who designed it at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. You will see the robot's googly eyes and 3D-printed shell as you walk along the garden's elevated Canopy Walk. The sloth does not seem to be gathering critical environmental data such as temperature and carbon dioxide levels, but it is.