To automate livestock hygiene, researchers built an autonomous robot that uses AI, geolocation and a hybrid power system to clean organic waste from barns.

The machine was developed at Peru's Universidad Continental by Diego Cajachagua Guerreros, Rodrigo Ortiz Zacarias and Olga Huari Huamán, and won a gold medal at KIWIE 2026 in South Korea. Its technology stack is sophisticated; its assignment is extremely practical: clean the barn.