Robots help us in many ways – from assembly lines to looking after the elderly. Now they’re turning their attention to combating climate change by helping to plant trees.
Milrem Robotics, an Estonian company which started off building autonomous tanks, has developed an autonomous robot forester that can plant and nurture young trees. The new robot planter carries up to 300 saplings and can plant a hectare of forest in less than six hours.
Although the robot forester is primarily designed for working in commercial forests, the designers say they believe it could be used to restore natural forests too.
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