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Robot 'Grasshopper' Helps Restore Lost Seagrass Meadows Around the World

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The ReefGen Grasshopper can plant dozens of seagrass seeds per minute.

It works by injecting a tiny slurry of sediment wrapped around the seed into the seafloor.

After covering a growing plot of four seeds, the robot hops’ about 30 centimeters away and starts again.