Private company
Dustbot
Logo: dustbot.org3
Prototype garbage-collection robot
Dustbot was a prototype robot that collected garbage from homes and streets. It could be summoned by phone call or SMS, and used GPS to automatically make its way to the customer, collect the rubbish, and take it to a dustbin. In addition, the Dustbots carried environmental sensors to monitor the pollution levels over, for example, a pedestrian area.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Websitewww.dustbot.org
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Dustbot was a prototype robot that collected garbage from homes and streets. It could be summoned by phone call or SMS, and used GPS to automatically make its way to the customer, collect the rubbish, and take it to a dustbin. In addition, the Dustbots carried environmental sensors to monitor the pollution levels over, for example, a pedestrian area. Prototypes were tested in Italy, in Sweden, in Korea and Japan. Launch was planned in 2009, but the last reference in its webpage dates from 2011. The Dustbot project was funded by the European Commission and it never launched as a commercial product.2
Timeline
- 2009Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.dustbot.org1
- WikipediaDustbot
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ949677
Sources
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- 1WikidataDustbot on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaDustbot on Wikipedia
- 3Company websiteDustbot logo
- 4Wikimedia CommonsDustbot photo by Achim J. Lilienthal, CC BY-SA 3.0