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Summary:  According to the article “A Little Robot That Cleans the Beach, One Butt at a Time” (2021), Gonderman explained how beaches can be kept cigarette litter-free with the use of BeachBot (BB). BB is a battery-powered Artificial Intelligence (AI) robot created by Edwin Bos and Martijn Lukaart. It uses two claws to pick up cigarette butts and disposes them into its internal storage before someone discards them. BB first launched in September 2020 on World Cleanup Day at Scheveningen Beach where it picked up "10 cigarette butts in 30 minutes”. BeachBot is essential as “chemicals and microplastic from cigarette butts” are toxic to sea creatures due to the reaction between seawater and cigarettes, which causes it to release a load of chemical compounds into the sea. Therefore, BeachBot aims to protect marine life by reducing water pollution. Gonderman also reported that “by training its image-detection algorithm”, BeachBot can identify more pictures of cigarette butts and grasp ...

According to the article “A Little Robot That Cleans the Beach, One Butt at a Time” (2021), Gonderman explained how beaches can be kept cigarette litter-free with the use of BeachBot (BB). BB is a battery-powered Artificial Intelligence (AI) robot created by Edwin Bos and Martijn Lukaart. It uses two claws to pick up cigarette butts and disposes them into its internal storage before someone discards them. BB first launched in September 2020 on World Cleanup Day at Scheveningen Beach where it picked up "10 cigarette butts in 30 minutes”. BeachBot is essential as “chemicals and microplastic from cigarette butts” are toxic to sea creatures due to the reaction between seawater and cigarettes, which causes it to release a load of chemical compounds into the sea. Therefore, BeachBot aims to protect marine life by reducing water pollution. Gonderman also reported that “by training its image-detection algorithm”, BeachBot can identify more pictures of cigarette butts and grasp what t...

According to the article “A Little Robot That Cleans the Beach, One Butt at a Time” (2021), Gonderman explained how beaches can be kept cigarette litter-free with the use of BeachBot (BB). Artificial Intelligence is going to be advantageous in tackling pressing environmental challenges such as reducing litter on beaches and parks by having robots such as BeachBot to aid in cleaning up. Cigarette butts impact the environment greatly as they can cause marine pollution or pose a risk to animals’ health if they had mistaken it for food. Firstly, cigarette butts are the main source of pollution in the sea and oceans. In a study published by NBC news in 2018, cigarette butts are a more harmful source of pollution compared to plastic and for 32 consecutive years, they are the most collected waste on the world’s beaches with a total of more than 60 million cigarette litter picked up over those 32 years. Cigarette butts thrown on beaches can easily find their way into rivers, seas, and oceans...

In the article “ A Little Robot That Cleans the Beach, One Butt at a Time ”(2021), Monica Gonderman explained how beaches can be kept cigarette litter-free with the use of BeachBot(BB). BB is a battery-powered Artificial Intelligence(AI) robot created by Edwin Bos and Martijn Lukaart. It uses two claws to pick up cigarette butts and disposes them into its internal storage before someone discards them. BB first launched in September 2020 on World Cleanup Day at Scheveningen Beach where it picked up "10 cigarette butts in 30 minutes”. BeachBot is essential as “chemicals and microplastic from cigarette butts” are toxic to sea creatures due to the reaction between seawater and cigarettes, which causes it to release a load of chemical compounds into the sea. Therefore, BeachBot aims to protect marine life by reducing water pollution. “By training its image-detection algorithm”, BeachBot is able to identify more pictures of cigarette butts and grasp what to look for. To aid BB in its se...

In the article “A little robot that cleans the beach, one butt at a time”(2021), Monica Gonderman explained how beaches can be kept cigarette litter-free with the use of BeachBot(BB). BB is a battery-powered Artificial Intelligence(AI) robot created by Edwin Bos and Martijn Lukaart. It uses two claws to pick up cigarette butts and disposes them into its internal storage before someone discards them. BB first launched in September 2020 on World Cleanup Day at Scheveningen Beach where it picked up "10 cigarette butts in 30 minutes”. BeachBot is essential as “chemicals and microplastic from cigarette butts” are toxic to sea creatures due to the reaction between seawater and cigarettes, which causes it to release a load of chemical compounds into the sea. “By training its image-detection algorithm”, BeachBot is able to identify more pictures of cigarette butts and grasp what to look for. To aid BB in its search for cigarette butts, TechTics are working on creating little associates ro...