ClearBot

Remediation Strategy

Collection

Plastic Type

Macroplastics

Invention Category

Boats

Used?

Pilot

Included in analysis?

Yes

Location Invented

Hong Kong

Year^*

2021

Description

Self-driving ship that run on solar power energy that can be deployed in certain areas of the ocean to automatically clean waste.

Effectiveness or Ecological Impact

Non-peer-reviewed Effectiveness

Each robot can collect up to 250 kg on a single mission and collect up to 1 ton per day (Clearbot- Creating the Future of Ocean Mobility, 2022).

References

Pratama, A. H. (n.d.). Razer partners with Hong Kong startup to build self-driving ships to clean marine waste. Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem. https://www.techinasia.com/razer-clearbot-partnership-build-selfdriving-ships-clean-marine-waste

Non-peer-reviewed Effectiveness

Clearbot- Creating the future of ocean mobility. (2022). https://www.clearbot.org/

* Year designates the year invented; if the year invented was unavailable, the earliest year that an article about the technology was published was used.