Meet the Electronic Dolphin, the Mini Robot That Cleans Oil Spills With Urchin-inspired Filters

Meet the Electronic Dolphin, the Mini Robot That Cleans Oil Spills With Urchin-inspired Filters

A sneaker-sized robot developed at RMIT University in Australia is making a compelling case for rethinking how humanity responds to one of the ocean’s most persistent threats. The “Electronic Dolphin” is a Wi-Fi-controlled minibot built to skim oil slicks from contaminated marine surfaces without deploying any chemical dispersants, and without putting human responders anywhere near…

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