Meet the tree-minator! Scientists unveil gecko-inspired robot that can crash into and latch onto trees to help inspect and maintain them By MEGAN HOWE Published: 14:22 EDT, 17 July 2024 | Updated ...

As New Atlas reported, the tree-planting robot is the brainchild of Dorothy, a California high schooler, who submitted the idea to the annual Natural Robotics Contest and ended up winning.