VERO is a robot dog that identifies cigarette butts on the floor and sniffs them with cleaners on each leg as they walk.
A four-legged robot was created to solve a problem caused by the two-legged animal known as “Man”. Collecting the billions of cigarette butts that smokers throw on the ground.
VERO is a robot dog that identifies cigarette butts on the floor and treats them with cleaners on each leg as they walk. It has cameras and an algorithm to identify targets and plot the path.
The researchers from Italian Institute of Technology they already had a foundation on AI technology, explains Claudio Semini.
VERO managed to collect 90% of cigarette butts in different environments. For now, switch is limited to small objects but has the potential to expand the search.
Around 4.5 billion cigarette butts are thrown on the ground each year and damage beaches and waterways due to plastic pollution and chemicals that are toxic to various animal species.
2024-08-04 08:15:00
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