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‘Slothbot’ saves endangered species by moving slowly to see the big environmental picture | South China Morning Post

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The low-energy lifestyle of sloths inspired engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States to create a robotic version that is proving the adage “slow and steady wins the race”. Their device called “Slothbot” uses only solar energy on its lengthy missions to understand long-term environmental …

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