Chinese robotic fish eats microplastics: Able to absorb harmful substances by FARUK IMAMOVIC | VIEW 98 A team of Chinese scientists from Sichuan University, based in the city of Chengdu in the southwest of the country, has developed a prototype of a 1.3-centimeter-long robot fish that successfully removes microplastics by "eating" them in shallow waters. The main goal of the Chinese scientists' project is to enable the collection of microplastics in deeper waters. waters and provide information for real-time marine pollution analysis, said Wang Yuyan, a member of the team that developed the robot. This black robot fish can be...