Dutch inventor Boyan Slat has developed a system that uses ocean currents to collect plastic waste. Experts consider this approach a promising large-scale solution, first and foremost because it is ...

Autonomous gripper robot hauls heavy trash from Marseille seafloor By Paul Ridden September 23, 2025 The underwater trash collector is being developed as part of a larger system designed to ...

How do New Yorkers react to robots that approach them in public looking for trash? Surprisingly well, actually. Cornell researchers built and remotely controlled two trash barrel robots—one for ...