{"id":52329,"date":"2025-03-09T14:42:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T06:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cwbgolf.org\/?p=52329"},"modified":"2025-03-10T14:51:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T06:51:35","slug":"styrofoam-no-match-for-hong-kong-robot-that-collects-marine-rubbish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cwbgolf.org\/zh-hant\/styrofoam-no-match-for-hong-kong-robot-that-collects-marine-rubbish\/","title":{"rendered":"Styrofoam no match for Hong Kong robot that collects marine rubbish"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Styrofoam no match for Hong Kong robot that collects marine rubbish<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PolyU engineers invented Galatea the robot after Sai Kung club sought help to solve marine trash problem<\/kbd><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hong Kong\u2019s Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club faced an uphill battle for years, as it tried to clean up the marine debris that washed ashore at its waterfront location in Sai Kung.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workers had a never-ending task of gathering seaweed, large baskets and plastic. But the hardest to retrieve was styrofoam junk, because the material could disintegrate into tiny bits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, a robot cleaner named Galatea, is proving to be a big help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The robot, developed by Polytechnic University (PolyU) engineers, targets minuscule plastic waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Club chairman Jack Wong Wai-kwong said: \u201cIt has helped us save about two workers for debris clean-up. It was extremely difficult to collect small items such as styrofoam, and the robot was invented to solve the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The club turned to Chan Luen-chow, a research professor at PolyU, at the department of industrial and systems engineering, for help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The robot took two years to develop, with the device tested at the club late last year and put into full-time operation at Clear Water Bay in January. The club said it cost more than HK$1 million (US$128,700).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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