YuMi the autonomous robot is helping to reverse deforestation in the Amazon

Plus: Arianespace's new agreement could address Europe's rocket crisis ABB Robotics partnered with U.S. non-profit organization Junglekeepers to let the firm’s robot YuMi help the organization with the reforestation of the Amazon. The new machine is automating planting tasks in a jungle laboratory, speeding the process and allowing Junglekeepers’ volunteers to focus their valuable time and resources on more impactful work. YuMi is residing in a jungle lab in a remote region of the Peruvian Amazon, where it is busy digging holes in the soil, dropping seeds in, compacting the soil on top, and marking it with a color-coded tag. Thanks to YuMi, an area the size of two soccer fields can be reforested every day. Learn more about the scientific findings — in today’s [Must Read story](. But first, here’s your [video of the day](. Good morning. I’m Shubhangi, an Editorial Assistant at IE. This is the Blueprint. Let's get going. 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The world’s most remote robot is helping automate highly repetitive tasks, freeing up rangers to undertake more important work out in the rainforest and helping locals to conserve the land they live on. So far, 20 percent of the total area of the Amazon rainforest has been lost but conservation would be in a deadlock without using technology today. Estimations show that more than 336,000 mi² (870,000 km²) of the Amazon rainforest has been devastated since 1985, an area larger than France, the United Kingdom, and Belgium combined. [Read More]( INNOVATION Arianespace's new agreement could address Europe's rocket crisis Europe's sole operational launch provider, Arianespace, has announced it has signed memorandums of understanding with Orbex and PLD Space, two ambitious rocket startups from the UK and Spain respectively. [Read More]( THE SPONSOR OF THE DAY [Summers are all about BBQ parties, aren't they?]( Summers are incomplete if you aren't grilling in your backyard. 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