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An Avocado Robot Gathers Canopy Data by Swinging Among Trees

The Avocado abseiling robot is designed to gather environmental data from otherwise inaccessible treetop areasEmanuele Aucone/SNSFResearchers in Switzerland are developing an environmental monitoring robot named Avocado, drawing inspiration from abseiling spiders. This fruit-shaped robot utilizes a winch and rotors to descend through the canopy, collecting data on life in the treetops.The prototype from ETH...