The rising amount of plastic wastes in the oceans is not something new in today’s world. Each year, as per reports, oceans and seas around the world get filled with 11 million tons of plastic waste. Citing this global issue and to prevent further accumulation of plastic waste in the natural water bodies, Razer announced a partnership with Clearbot to develop a water drone to collect plastic waste from the ocean and recycle them.
According to Clearbot, the ocean-cleaning robot will leverage an onboard camera sensor and Vision AI technologies to detect trash in water bodies. Following detection, the robot will collect the trash and bring it to the shore. Plus, Razer will also work with other recycling organizations to turn the collected waste into recycled materials.
Furthermore, Razer and Clearbot’s robot will also collect crucial data about ocean pollution whilst doing its cleanup job. The ocean cleaning robot would be able to collect up to 1000GB of data about the rising pollution in the oceans to help future researches.
