MIT Unveils Uncontrolled Oil Cleaning Robot
MIT has unveiled the Seaswarm, an autonomous, oil-cleaning robot. The robots group together (hence the “swarm”) using WiFi and GPS to clean an affected area. Had the technology been available, 5000-10,000 of these robots could have presumably cleaned up the Gulf spill in a month. Below is a video detailing how the robots work. More here.
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I wonder if these things can handle rough waters.
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A Roomba for oil?
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This is why engineers fucking kick ass. Politicians talk the talk, but engineers actually walk the walk! And I loved how Bill Nye just shot down all of the fucking idiotic ideas people were suggesting when the country was in crisis mode! We engineers are paid a lot of money for a good reason!
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