The army of autonomous robots restoring nature | Tom Chi
TED Talks Daily21 Nov 2025

The army of autonomous robots restoring nature | Tom Chi

Impact investor Tom Chi challenges a dangerous assumption: that economic growth and ecological health are opposing forces. He reveals how advances in AI and robotics are enabling a radical shift towards innovation as a force for restoration. Imagine mines that extract less, farms that regenerate soil and fleets of robots that can plant 100,000 mangroves in a single day. What if the same technologies that power our economy could actively repair the planet at the same time?


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