Robocrop: Seagrass Restoration with Robocean, with Niall McGrath and Isobel Harris

Not Another Science Podcast

Who do you go to when you have problems with crabs? Meadows Share obviously! This was only one of the fascinating questions that arose when we spoke to the team from Robocean in our second episode of season 2. The team recently won the Edinburgh Innovations Students Business Ideas Competition with their plan to restore the UK’s seagrass — a vital natural mechanism for carbon capture. Hear about the unique challenges of building subsea robots, with the added difficulty of never meeting your team in person.

Follow their progress as they attempt to code and assemble their creation from several locations around the city on Instagram @robocean.io, on Twitter @robocean_eco, or email them at [e-mail]

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