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Trash Robot

Name: Trash Robot
Start: 2019-07-28T11:00:00+10:00
End: 2019-09-01T18:00:00+10:00
Location: Yarra River

28 July 2019 @ 11:00 am – 1 September 2019 @ 6:00 pm

Free

Urban Rivers (USA)

Can we game our way to a cleaner world?

Take control of our garbage-eating robot either in person or online! Created by Chicago-based collective Urban Rivers, Trash Robot will be trawling Melbourne’s Yarra River collecting rubbish outside of the City’s existing litter traps. And Melbourne’s waterways really need the help – in 2017, they were filled with enough rubbish to fill almost 30,000 wheelie bins. This sort of rubbish causes heaps of issues and costs the city around $3 million per year. Boo!

Could this floating gamified robot save the world? Why not? Nothing’s ever gone wrong with robots, right?

Yarra River, Southbank
Check back soon for exact location.

Details

Start:: 28 July 2019 @ 11:00 am
End:: 1 September 2019 @ 6:00 pm
Cost:: Free
Event Category:: Science Week
Event Tags:: art, Environment, Waste
Website:: https://melbourne.sciencegallery.com/seasons/disposable/program/trash-robot

Venue

: Yarra River
: Southbank, VIC Australia

Organiser

: Ellie Michaelides
Phone: 03 8344 6106
Email: ellie.michaelides@unimelb.edu.au
: View Organiser Website

Other

Event type:: Contest
Suitable for:: Everyone
Topic:: Environment and nature, Innovation and technology