Marine litter is a major environmental problem. Abandoned containers and fishing gear can trap or strangle animals, and plastic waste can break down into microplastics, which can release chemicals ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — ORCA is a small trash-collecting robot that two students from Pride Elementary School in New Tampa are hoping will turn into the next big thing. Best friends Aris Isaac and ...

Tired of dragging your bins to the curb and waking up to the roar of garbage trucks? A new robot called HARR-E could change that routine. Built by American manufacturing giant Oshkosh Corp., this ...

For all of humanity's expansion over the last several hundred years, a majority of the ocean floor remains unexplored. While some of this can be chalked up to the fact that some parts of the ocean are ...

Robots may be the solution to New York City’s trash problem. In fact, Cornell Tech Ph.D. candidate Frank Bu and his team engineered trash barrel robots — human controlled trash cans that pick up ...