Clearbot is helping Kingspan achieve their ambitious plan for cleaner planet!

Kingspan has announced its third partnership project with clean tech start-up Clearbot

March 7, 2023

Clearbot wins the Captain’s Table

Clearbot, a trailblazer in the world of autonomous boat technology, had a momentous victory at the Captain's Table pitch competition. Clearbot has laid out plans to position itself in the market with the largest fleet of electric boats in the world within the next decade.

January 19, 2023

Trash, cargo, security: a profitable robot firm’s many interests

Clearbot is involved in multiple industries and areas of business, including trash management, cargo transportation, and security services, with the aim of providing sustainable solutions.

January 27, 2023

Alibaba Fund, Gobi Ventures Back Hong Kong Grown AI-Powered Ocean-Clearing Robot Clearbot

The funds raised will be invested in product research and development (R&D) to improve operational efficiency in different environmental conditions as well as further expansion across Southeast Asia.

December 29, 2022

Alibaba fund, Gobi, Earth VC back AI-powered all-electric and self-driving robot Clearbot

Clearbot will also invest in research to turn data into insights for clients in compliance with ESG standards, allowing them to optimise their business practices for sustainable development in the marine sector.

December 19, 2022

How all-electric, self-driving Clearbot helps tackle ocean plastic pollution in Asia!

Clearbots, a winner of several awards, including the JUMPSTARTER 2022 Global Pitch Competition, has operations in India and Hong Kong and is looking to expand to other Asian countries, such as the Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore, soon.

December 29, 2022

Clearbot autonomously cleans Ganga waters to demonstrates for Muncipal Corporation in India!

A large Ganga cleaning project is currently underway in India, and Clearbot recently showed some of its AI enabled cleaning tricks in the Ganga waters in Varanasi autonomously to demonstrate what is possible! Because of AI-enabled trash detection, unmanned and autonomous operation, less human intervention, and electric and solar battery operation, this project will be a cost-effective and sustainable alternative to other currently used cleaning techniques. Clearbot was a media and news channel sensation during its demonstration.

December 13, 2022

Clearbot making waves in India for the Clean Ganga project

Due to the efforts of the Municipal Corporation in Varanasi and the Clearbot team over the past few months, the trial run of the Clearbot to clean the Ganga has been successful. Rivers like Ganga are a significant contributor to the agricultural economies of India, The Ganges and its tributaries provide a perennial source of irrigation to a large area, in addition to recharging the groundwater table all along their course.

December 13, 2022

Water world we live in - How we can restore our oceans with BUPA and Clearbot?

While we all liked the idea of beach and river clean-ups, these are labour intensive and rely on intensive coordination and logistics. We wanted to work with a start-up that could automate the water-cleaning process. That is when we found Clearbot. - Mary-Lou Keur, Bupa Medical Visa Services Centre Manager

December 1, 2022

Clearbot secures SEED funding led by Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund to disrupt the marine services industry

Clearbot is putting sustainability at the forefront of marine services by designing and developing AI-powered, all-electric and self-driving 'Clearbot' robot boats. On August 17, Clearbot announced it has closed on a seed funding round led by the Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund (AEF), which is managed by Gobi Partners GBA, with participation from CarbonX Global.

Clearbot secures SEED funding led by Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund to disrupt the marine services industry

Clearbot is putting sustainability at the forefront of marine services by designing and developing AI-powered, all-electric and self-driving 'Clearbot' robot boats. On August 17, Clearbot announced it has closed on a seed funding round led by the Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund (AEF), which is managed by Gobi Partners GBA, with participation from CarbonX Global.

DSD wins 7 medals at International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva

The DSD participated at International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva for the first time this year and achieved encouraging results winning seven awards, including a Gold Medal and six Silver Medals. The International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva is one of the largest global exhibitions devoted exclusively to inventions. The competition was held online this year due to the pandemic. It attracted participation from 25 countries/regions, and about 800 inventions were evaluated by a group of international jury of specialists.

March 28, 2022

Microsoft supports Hong Kong start-ups in partnership with Science Park, Cyberport

US software giant Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled its latest start-up incubation programme in Hong Kong, joining the ranks of global Big Tech companies such as Amazon to tap the city’s potential as an international innovation centre.

June 22, 2022

World Ocean Day – Open Letter from Kenneth Ng, Sustainability Manager, Razer Inc.

Today is World Ocean Day and the theme this year is "Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean" so I wanted to take this opportunity to revisit some of the actions Razer has taken to preserve and protect the oceans. But first, I’d be remiss if I didn’t pay tribute to the ‘lungs of the planet’ and remind our community of the important role that the oceans play in our everyday life.

June 9, 2022

This robot boat cleans up trash with AI

This floating robot uses artificial intelligence to clean trash from harbors, shorelines and other water bodies.

May 23, 2022

This AI-enabled robotic boat cleans up harbors and rivers to keep plastic trash out of the ocean

Millions of tons of plastic trash float down polluted urban rivers and industrial waterways and into the world’s oceans every year. Now a Hong Kong-based startup has come up with a solution to help stem these devastating flows of waste. Open Ocean Engineering has developed Clearbot Neo – a sleek AI-enabled robotic boat that autonomously collects tons of floating garbage that otherwise would wash into the Pacific from the territory’s busy harbor.

April 28, 2022

Hong Kong start-up Clearbot set to revolutionise marine trash collection

The staggering amount of plastic and other waste clogging the world’s oceans and waterways—including the equivalent of 250 pieces of debris for every human in the world in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch alone—is one of the biggest crises of modern times. Automated robot can detect, remove and analyse debris in a variety of water systems. Winner of HKTDC's Start-Up Express began as a student project at HKU.

February 4, 2021

Razer Partners with Clearbot to Clean Oceans the Smart Way

In celebration of World Oceans Day, Razer aids upcoming startup, ClearBot, to redesign its AI robot that cleans up marine plastics. Razer has also reached a new sustainability milestone with its #GoGreenWithRazer campaign mascot Sneki Snek and launches new merchandise to save even more trees.

June 7, 2021

Razer helped design a trash collecting robot to clean up plastic pollution

Gaming giant Razer has partnered with a small company called Clearbot to help design an autonomous trash-collecting boat that can identify floating garbage in the water, catalog it and then collect it into a waste container. The collaboration is part of Razer's Go Green with Razer initiative to help startups working on sustainability and green technology projects.

August 13, 2021

Making a difference with technology: Hong Kong startups strive to save local marine life with Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Hong Kong x Swire Trust AI for Good Challenge 2020 awards innovative ideas designed for local NGOs to solve local environmental challenges towards the marine ecosystem. Notable winners of the program include first runner up Open Ocean Engineering Limited, who created a ClearBot with an AI vision for Ocean3C, which can self-navigate to collect 200 liters of marine litter.

December 15, 2020

Clearbot Joins the Flying Labs Network!

We’re very pleased to announce that Clearbot has joined the Flying Labs Network as a formal technology partner! Clearbot is a young startup based in Hong Kong, and they build autonomous surface water vehicles (ASVs) for waste collection. We first learned about their good work last year when they gave a webinar presentation to the Flying Labs Network. Multiple Flying Labs came away from that presentation with a strong interest in expanding their expertise and services to include autonomous boats like Clearbot.

March 14, 2022