Meet the Row-Bot, an ingenious tiny boat that can clean a body of water by eating the bacteria and “digesting” it in its artificial stomach. The mechanism has a remarkable ability to depollute water. What’s even more impressive is the way it powers itself. The Row-Bot gulps in water, consumes the bacteria and uses what’s called a microbial fuel cell to convert the bacteria into electricity. With the energy produced, it makes a few paddle strokes to another area and starts the cleaning process again. Deploy a fleet of Row-Bots into a polluted lake, and they could maneuver around for months chowing down on bacteria and cleaning as they go all on their own.
This swimming robot powers itself by cleaning polluted water
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