Ocean Guardians • Autonomous Fleet
Autonomous underwater robots that roll along the ocean floor like pangolins, harnessing natural whirlpool currents to navigate coastal waters and collect plastic debris before it reaches fragile fish spawning grounds.
You watch from a boat as a fleet of small, scale-covered robots curl into balls and roll effortlessly along the seabed, harnessing the ocean's own currents to glide through the water. Over 6 hours, they collect 300kg of plastic from a coral reef that would have taken a team of 20 divers two weeks to clean—no human risk required.
$150,000/fleet • $25,000/yr maintenance