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We are building the first robots to clean the litter from the ocean floor

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Today's oceans contain 26-66 million tons of waste, with approximately 94% located on the seafloor. So far, collection efforts have focused mostly on surface waste. The few efforts to gather underwater waste involve human divers who are put in potential danger.

No solution exists that exploits autonomous robots for underwater litter collection. The SeaClear project will develop the first.

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SEACLEAR Project Partners

Delft University of Technology

DUNEA

Fraunhofer - CML

Hamburg Port Authority AöR

Subsea Tech

Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

Technical University of Munich

University of Dubrovnik

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 871295.

The SEACLEAR project spans four years, running from January 1st, 2020 to December 31st, 2023.

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