Drones cleanup plastic debris at Muskegon beach

MUSKEGON, MI — Don’t mind those robots on the beach. They’re just cleaning up our trash.

A pair of litter bots made their Michigan debut in Muskegon on Tuesday, Aug. 23, where the “PixieDrone” and “BeBot” trundled through the water and the sand gathering plastic debris that, unfortunately, has become endemic in the Great Lakes.

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