Plantolin ist jüngste Gewinner des Natural Robotics Contest und ist als Roboter von einem ziemlich ungewöhnlichen Tier inspiriert: dem insektenfressenden Pangolin.
The Plantolin roves around on two wheels and just like the pangolin, it balances on its long, movable tail. Each of the wheels has an electric quadcopter drone motor. The digging is done by these two front legs with the tail tilting down once it starts to provide leverage. Once there’s a hole already, the robot drives over it and poops out a yew tree seed bomb nugget (containing both seeds and soil).
(Direktlink, via Yanko Design)