Two 19-year-old college students from Portugal have created Trovador — a six-legged, AI-enabled robot that can navigate rugged terrain and replant trees in wildfire-scorched hills. It plants up to 200 saplings per hour, achieves 85–90 % survival in trials, and could revive forests where humans and machines can’t reach.
(c) Karsten Winegeart
(c) Karsten Winegeart

Des jeunes inventeurs créent un robot pour reboiser pentes brûlées et abruptes

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Deux étudiants portugais de 19 ans ont mis au point Trovador — un robot hexapode à IA capable d’évoluer sur des terrains escarpés détruits par les incendies et d’y planter des arbres. Il peut semer jusqu’à 200 plants par heure avec un taux de survie de 85 à 90 % lors des essais. Une vraie chance pour revoir revivre les forêts inaccessibles.

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