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ORCA-SMURF Water Cleaning Robot

Remediation Strategy
Collection
Plastic Type
Macroplastics
Invention Category
Drones and Robots
Used?
No
Included in analysis?
Yes
Location Invented
China
Year*
2017
Description
Small battery-run robot that collects waste in a basket.

Effectiveness or Ecological Impact

Non-peer-reviewed Effectiveness

It is capable of collecting 50 kg of trash in an hour. Clearing one acre of water takes 25 minutes (Orcauboat, n.d.).

References

Orca: China's River Cleaning Robot. Medium. Retrieved January 22, 2023, from https://medium.com/dyson-on/orca-chinas-river-cleaning-robot-929ce62269c4
Non-peer-reviewed Effectiveness

Dyson on: (2019, May 28). Orcauboat. (n.d.). CB Insights. Retrieved November 8, 2022, from https://www.cbinsights.com/company/orca-tech

 

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