Poopcopter, invented by Caleb Olson, can be directed to the dog’s poop location, using a camera and retrieval system to collect the waste. Instead of a complex robotic arm, Poopcopter uses a ...

Combining data from the previous poop-adjacent efforts, [Caleb] has built a quadcopter that can (or will, someday) be guided to the approximate location of the offending package, home in on it ...