Detroit summons trash-picking BeBot to clean Belle Isle beaches

Launching this Earth Day, the BeBot robot will demonstrate its skills on Belle Isle Beach. Electric and remotely operated, the robot is the latest in litter removal technology and covers a lot of ground: 32,000 square feet in an hour. That’s less than an acre but still the size of a mega-mansion.

The technologically advanced robot picks up waste such as bottles, food wrappers, cigarette butts, and plastic particles, according to a press release. As impressive as it is, it took an equally impressive and collaborative effort to build BeBot .Keep Belle Isle Beautiful was launched in 2017 as part of The Belle Isle Conservancy campaign. It has already cleaned up tens of thousands of pieces of trash from the Belle Isle and its waterways.

“The Detroit River serves a vital economic and ecological corridor between the United States and Canada,” said Mark Fisher, the President and CEO of the CGLR network. They received a $150,000 grant from the Clorox Company to develop BeBot. The robot costs $72,705 plus another $5,300 for a trailer. We suppose that’s a container or charging device.But the BeBot must still prove its worth. It will undergo rigorous tests on Belle Isle beach before Earth Day. It has already undergone tests around the Great Lakes due to the support of Meijer, a supermarket company in the region.

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