A robot that eats pollution

Title:: A robot that eats pollution
Speaker:: Jonathan Rossiter
Description:: Meet the "Row-bot," a robot that cleans up pollution and generates the electricity needed to power itself by swallowing dirty water. Roboticist Jonathan Rossiter explains how this special swimming machine, which uses a microbial fuel cell to neutralize algal blooms and oil slicks, could be a precursor to biodegradable, autonomous pollution-fighting robots.

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Video Language:: English
Team:: closed TED
Project:: TEDTalks
Duration:: 14:10

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