Meet A’seedbot, an autonomous robot that plants seeds upon finding fertile areas. The miniature robot is the graduation project of Mazyar Etehadi from the Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation. Etehadi developed A’seedbot in the hopes of seeking a solution for desertification in the UAE.
"I just wish that there were more plants, more greenery out there," Etehadi told CNN. The real life version of Wall-E is 20 cm long. Its venture in the desert lands are powered by solar panels, designed to recharge during the day and power A’seedbot at night as it works. The robot’s 3D-printed legs are capable of traversing through sand to search for areas that have the right levels of moisture so it could plant a seed.
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