A student from the University of Surrey designed a 3D printed robotic fish for a new contest, and her winning entry, a Robo-Fish called Gillbert, happily vacuums up microplastics from waterways. Honestly, have you ever seen a cuter way to help save the world?
A group of robotics researchers from the university announced that they would hold a public competition this year for biomimetic robots that could help the world, and thanks to support from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the International Journalist’s Programmes, and the university’s Teaching Innovation Fund, the 2022 Natural Robotics Contest was born. The team told participants that the winning design would be turned into a working prototype, and they received plenty of worthy entries, from crab-inspired space rovers and forest-protecting bear robots to a robotic sea urchin.
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