robots Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 19:38:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 New Solar Powered Robotic Birds Hold Promise For Effective Environmental Monitoring https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-solar-powered-robotic-birds-hold-promise-effective-environmental-monitoring-20131017/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-solar-powered-robotic-birds-hold-promise-effective-environmental-monitoring-20131017/#respond Thu, 17 Oct 2013 19:38:37 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=42633 Environmental monitoring has always presented quite a challenge, especially when it comes to obtaining information about the state of remote and difficult to access areas. Scientists have tried to develop different technologies and methods to collect data for more than a decade now, and probably one of the most promising inventions was that of robotic […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-solar-powered-robotic-birds-hold-promise-effective-environmental-monitoring-20131017/feed/ 0 42633 Mobile Robots Could Reduce Costs of Solar Power https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mobile-robots-could-reduce-costs-of-solar-power-20120726/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mobile-robots-could-reduce-costs-of-solar-power-20120726/#respond Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:47:16 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=25657 Solar power remains the most viable option in the fight to replace fossil fuels. Yet, it still accounts for less than two percent of the world’s total electrical output, despite a drastic decrease in the prices of solar panels. In a bid to make solar power more economical, two companies in Germany have developed mobile […]

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