Avocado robot swings from trees to gather canopy data

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The Avocado abseiling robot is designed to gather environmental data from otherwise inaccessible treetop areas

Swiss researchers are working on an environmental monitoring robot named Avocado that's been inspired by abseiling spiders. The fruit-shaped bot uses a winch and rotors to lower itself through the canopy and gather data on life in the treetops.

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