Sky Grow Start-Up Company Product: Tree planting robot Environmental Impact: Land restoration, Planting optimization Planetary Boundary: Climate Change, Land Use Keywords: Climate change, Autonomous Ground Robot Description: Sky Grow is an Australian-based company that focuses on mitigating the effects of climate change by developing autonomous tree-planting robots. SkyGrow provides Robot (Growbot) Technology that makes tree planting faster, safer, and cheaper. The Growbots can be used in a multitude of terrain types and soil types, including the harder-clay soils.
Robots in Service of the Environment (RSE) Non-Profit Product: Animal capture submersible Environmental Impact: Removes invasive species Planetary Boundary: Biodiversity Loss Keywords: Biodiversity Loss, Autonomous Marine Robot, Submersible Description: Robots in Service of the Environment pose a solution to the loss of biodiversity within aquatic habitats. RSE specifically addresses the problem of lionfish threatening fish stock in the Atlantic Ocean. The lionfish project is an autonomous submersible that can go at depths down to 1000 feet and capture lionfish.
FarmWise Start-Up Company Product: Weed removal robot Environmental Impact: Optimized plant growth Planetary Boundary: Chemical Pollution Keywords: Climate Change, Autonomous Ground Robot, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence Description: FarmWise implements ground robots to assist with farming tasks, such as seeding and weed removal. Using FarmWise removed the need to use pesticides and other chemicals for the farming process. FarmWise robots are able to collect farming data which can be sent to the farmer to help optimize agricultural processes. Keywords: Climate Change, Autonomous Ground Robot, Computer vision, Artificial intelligence
Sadako Technologies Corporation Product: Waste Sorting Robot Environmental Impact: Optimized the waste stream Planetary Boundary: N/A Keywords: Industrial Robotics, Waste Sorting, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence Description: Sadako Technologies uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to make waste sorting more efficient. Implementing computer vision allows the system to recognize objects in the waste stream. Artificial intelligence helps recognize what these objects are and helps record data to be used to help optimize the waste sorting process.
ZenRobotics Corporation Product: Waste Sorting Robot Environmental Impact: Optimized the waste stream Planetary Boundary: N/A Keywords: Industrial Robotics, Waste Sorting, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence Description: ZenRobotics uses robotic technologies in order to help optimize the waste sorting process. ZenRobotics uses two different models of robotic arms to sort through the waste. The heavy picker allows for the manipulation of larger or ununiform objects while the fast picker allows for quick movement of waste.
Outrider Start-Up Product: Autonomous Yard Trucks Environmental Impact: Decreases carbon emissions Planetary Boundary: Climate Change Keywords: Autonomous Ground Robot, Electric Vehicle Description: To decrease reliance on fossil fuels and to make freight yard operations more efficient, Outrider has created autonomous, electric-powered, zero-emission yard trucks to drive the rapid adoption of sustainable freight transportation.
RanMarine Start-Up Product: Aquatic Trash Collecting Robot Environmental Impact: Decreases trash/waste in water systems Planetary Boundary: Fresh Water Use Keywords: Autonomous Marine Robot Description: RanMarine uses autonomous surface vehicles (ASV) to clean aquatic environments, such as marinas, ports, harbors, and natural water bodies. These ASVs collect trash and unwanted biomass from aquatic locations and collect and report necessary data regarding the status and the health of these waterways.
Green City Solutions Start-Up Company Product: Air Purifier Environmental Impact: Reduces the number of pollutants and toxins in the air Planetary Boundary: Atmospheric Particle Pollution Keywords: Description: Green City Solutions purifies atmospheric particle pollution through the integration of moss and technology. The moss purifies the air by consuming fine dust and other pollutants, and the technology is used in order to aid the survival of the moss and is used to monitor the effectiveness of the system.
Biomi Tech Start-Up Company Product: Carbon Capture System Environmental Impact: Reduces carbon emissions Planetary boundary: Climate Change Keywords: Carbon Capture Description: The Mexican company “Biomi Tech” uses synthetic trees to eliminate carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. These synthetic trees are called “BioUrban” are they have the capability to remove 384 times the amount of carbon dioxide real trees can remove.
SagaRobotics Start-Up Company Product: Farming Assistant Robot Environmental Impact: Ensuring plant yield, Sustainable farming practices Planetary Boundary: Climate Change Keywords: Autonomous Ground Robots Description: SagaRobotics has developed a modular autonomous robot, Thorvald, that can perform UV treatment, pick fruits and vegetables, spray pesticides, and collect data to predict crop growth and yields. So far, the robot can operate in strawberry fields and grapevines.
Liquid Robotics Corporate Product: Ocean Glider Environmental Impact: Captures oceanic data Planetary Boundary: N/A Keywords: Ocean Monitoring, Autonomous Marine Robot Description: Liquid Robotics, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, has developed the Wave Glider. The Wave Glider is a marine robot that sits on the surface of the water and collects oceanic data for up to a year. The Wave Glider can also deploy a winch to collect data at a depth, as well, such as subsea acoustics, water sampling, and fish tracking.
Clear Blue Sea Non-Profit Product: Trash Collecting Robot Environmental Impact: Reduce trash or waste in the ocean Planetary Boundary: N/A Keywords: Ocean Cleaning, Marine Debris, Autonomous Marine Robot Description: Clear Blue Sea is committed to innovating robotic solutions for removing plastic pollution from our water sources. The organization’s current solution, a Floating Robot for Eliminating Debris (FRED), has four prototypes to date. This aquatic robot collects marine waste with brooms, a conveyer belt, and a collection bin. The collected waste, upon the robot’s return to shore, gets sent to recycling centers for reuse.
IADYS (Interactive Autonomous DYnamic Systems) Start-up Company Product: Trash Collecting Robot Environmental Impact: Remove trash and hydrocarbons from water sources Planetary Boundary: Chemical Pollution Keywords: Ocean Cleaning, Marine Debris, Autonomous Marine Robot Description: The French start-up IADYS (Interactive Autonomous DYnamic Systems) has developed Jellyfishbot: a remote-controlled, electric-powered, trash-collecting robot that has been deployed in 15 French ports, removing plastic bags, bottles, and other debris from narrow and otherwise unreachable nooks in harbors where waste tends to accumulate.
Botlink Corporate Product: Air Quality Drone Environmental Impact: Records air pollution Keywords: Chemical Pollution, Atmospheric Particle Pollution, Autonomous Aerial Robot, Drone Description: The Botlink air quality monitoring drone is designed for mapping pollution gases and particulates. There are multiple applications for measuring the pollution content of ambient air, including urban air quality networks, industrial emission monitoring, safety monitoring, roadside monitoring, and air quality research.
Scentroid Corporate Product: Data Recording Drone Environmental Impact: Records state of air quality Planetary Boundary: Atmospheric Particle Pollution Keywords: Chemical Pollution, Autonomous Aerial Robot, Drones Description: The Scentroid DR1000 & DR2000 Drone-Based Air Quality Analyzer provides a robust platform to conduct air sample collection, aerial thermal inspection, and air quality measurement for a wide range of applications including monitoring of Fugitive emission; Flare emission; Leak detection along oil pipelines; Landfill methane and odor emission.
Openoceanrobotics Start-up Company Product: Ocean Drone Environmental Impact: Captures oceanic data Planetary Boundary: N/A Keywords: Ocean Monitoring, Autonomous Marine Robot Description: Openoceanrobotics USVs (Uncrewed or Unmanned Surface Vehicles) are also equipped with sensors, cameras, and communication devices so that they can capture information from anywhere on the ocean and have instant access to it. Harvesting energy from the sun, these boats travel nonstop for months, without producing any greenhouse gas emissions, noise pollution, or risk of oil spills. These boats can monitor oil spills, detect intentional dumping, and aid in the cleanup effort.