Finally, a robot that actually *helps* the environment.
To combat the worst effects of climate change, we need all hands on deck — and robotic ones apparently do apply.Switzerland-based ABB RoboticsWith two arms and remote access via the cloud, YuMi is, per ABB's press release, helping the Junglekeepers automate seed-planting in the nonprofit's remote lab, a tedious process that before was done by human hands.
"As of right now, we have lost 20 percent of the total area of Amazon rainforest," Moshin Kazmi, one of Junglekeepers' cofounders, said in the press release. "Without using technology today, conservation will be at a standstill." "Having YuMi at our base is a great way to expose our rangers to new ways of doing things," they continued. "It accelerates and expands our operations and advances our mission."
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