Clearbot for Cleaning Waterways: AI for Good

Meetings
Written By Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley

MEETING FOR THE WEEK OF Jan. 6, 2025

This Meeting at a Glance:

Program: Clearbot for Cleaning Waterways: AI for Good

Speaker: Sidhant Gupta

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Message from our President

Welcome our members, fellow Rotarians, friends, and guests. Thanks for joining our weekly meeting!

WEEKLY FUNNY WITH SHAGS

We believe laughter is an important part of life, and we should all make time to laugh a little. This segment of our meeting is meant to tickle you just enough. These funnies are curated by member Steven "Shags" Shagrin!

Attending Her First Wedding

A young girl was attending her first wedding, watching the proceedings with interest for a while before growing restless.

The groom stood at the altar as six bridesmaids walked slowly up the aisle, one by one.

Soon, the girl leaned over to her mom and whispered, “Why doesn’t he just hurry up and pick one?”

INSPIRATION

This week, we look back at 2024 in 4 minutes thanks to Vox Media. There were high points and lows, ups and downs…like every year. What can we learn? Be inspired and motivated by the positives, and be inspired to help improve things that need improvement. As Rotarians, we choose to help make the world a better place!

LEARN SOMETHING NEW

Inside the Creator Economy

How content creators make money online.

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PROGRAM: Clearbot for Cleaning Waterways: AI for Good

SPEAKER: Sidhant Gupta

We bring you a new program every week on innovation, entrepreneurship, and education and how they contribute to service to others.

Protecting our oceans is vital, and robotics paired with AI is making a real impact. Advanced robotic systems tackle pollution, clean hard-to-reach areas, and collect important data on water quality. These technologies empower communities to organize effective cleanup efforts with less manpower. By leveraging innovation, we’re moving toward a sustainable future where our oceans are clean and full of life.

Hailing from Bangalore, India, our speaker, Sidhant Gupta, is the founder of Clearbot, an AI-powered, self-navigating boat that can automate marine cleanup, oil clearing, foam removal and other critical maritime tasks without any pollution or manpower requirement. The company is backed by Alibaba, Razer, and Microsoft.

Sidhant holds a Guinness World record for building the fastest robotic fish, done at the University of Hong Kong in 2020. He has spoken at TEDx and started 2 companies prior to Clearbot. Combining his love for robotics and desire to change the world, Sidhant is determined to pioneer a sustainable future for ocean mobility.

Members and guests, please welcome Sidhant Gupta!

Our Three Podcast Series

Our main program speakers are available as podcasts in addition to YouTube videos! Each week, they are available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.

Or you can click below for this week’s speaker:

The Weekly Rotarian

Inspiring Solutions

And our original podcast, featuring some of the best of our previous speakers, is still available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts

Development Success Stories

Our third podcast features success stories about economic development from around the world. It is available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, or you can click below.

UPCOMING PROGRAM RECORDING SCHEDULE

All of our guest speakers and programs are recorded live online over Zoom video conference. We welcome members and guests to join us in one of these upcoming recordings. Recordings are approximately 30 minutes long and are subject to change without notice.

Our online video conference room link for these recordings is always http://zoom.siliconvalleyrotary.com/. You are welcome to join us! Please note the timezone listed for all recordings is US Pacific Time (San Francisco, California, USA).

If you can’t join the live recording, please send your questions for an upcoming speaker to programs@siliconvalleyrotary.com.

THE ATTENDANCE SURVEY

Thanks for reading and watching this week’s meeting. You have two last things to do before you’re done.

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Visiting Rotarians, this is how you can get an email receipt to pass along to your club’s secretary as proof that you’ve attended our meeting if you need it for makeup.

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