Autonomous Underwater Technology for Cleaner Oceans
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Can robots tackle one of the ocean’s most persistent challenges – underwater waste? Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) believe they can. As part of the EU project SEACLEAR 2.0, the team has developed an autonomous diving robot capable of detecting, classifying, and collecting marine litter entirely on its own.
TUM's Nicolas Hoischen, Zara Zothabayeva, Tzu-Yuan Huang and Hamish Grant (from left to right) discuss TUM's new diving robot at the port of Marseille.
Early demonstrations hint at a future where harbors and docks stay clean without a single diver, thanks to an underwater machine that lifts heavy debris with precision and care. The autonomous underwater waste collector demonstrated its capabilities for the first time in the port of Marseille.
