Jellyfishbot

Remediation Strategy

Collection

Plastic Type

Macroplastics

Invention Category

Drones and Robots

Used?

Yes

Included in analysis?

Yes

Location Invented

France

Year^*

2018

Description

Remote-controlled robot collects garbage from waterways.

Effectiveness or Ecological Impact

Non-peer-reviewed Effectiveness

The Jellyfishbot collects 80L of solid waste per net and can "clean" an area of 1,000 m2 per hour at the speed of 1 knot (Lebrun, 2019)

References

A jellyfish robot arrives in the Old Port to collect waste. (2019). IADYS. http://www.iadys.com/en/digital-media/.; Jellyfishbot. (n.d.). Retrieved September 8, 2023, from https://www.jellyfishbot.io/; Franklin, P. (2018). A robot that cleans marinas, why not? METSTRADE. http://www.metstrade.com/news/sustainability/a-robot-that-cleans-marinas

Non-peer-reviewed Effectiveness

Lebrun, A. (2019, May 22). Un robot-méduse débarque dans le Vieux-Port pour collecter les déchets. Le Bonbon. https://www.lebonbon.fr/marseille/news/un-robot-meduse-debarque-dans-le-vieux-port-pour-collecter-les-dechets/

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