Beach Cleaning Robot Picks Up Plastic

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¡°We¡¯re trying to 1keep up with 15 million visitors a year. And that¡¯s a hard task to do. We might need a little bit of help from a robot¡±

That robot 2made its debut yesterday at Lake Tahoe¡¯s Kiva Beach. It¡¯s called BEBOT. It¡¯s fully electric, 3solar powered and 4remote controlledand it¡¯ll hopefully 5play an important role in keeping trash out of the water.

¡°We really see the robot as the last line of defense for the lake for keeping small 6pollution and 7litter, plastics in particular from getting in the water in the first place.¡±

As the robot crawls along, it 8sifts through sand one to four inches deep... finding small pieces of trash that hard-working volunteers could easily miss. In ideal conditions, BEBOT can cover 3000 meters in an hour. The robot is being used for pilot testing this year to see how much it could help in the future. Regular clean-up events will still take place. But Patterson says we should all focus first on being 9responsible 10stewards of Lake Tahoe¡¯s environment.

¡°Leave it better than you found it. Come enjoy this place, but you know, pack it in, pack it out. It, it sounds silly and simple but it really matters here in Tahoe.¡±

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