A $40,000 beach ... out the sand on the beachfront each morning in addition to picking up small trash and cigarette butts. The town then spent about $27,000 on a tractor to pull the rake, as ...

A rake attached to its rear etches the pattern in the sand. Each drawing takes about 10 minutes, and the idea is that the robot could be controlled remotely, turning the beach into a digitally ...

"To help keep beaches clean, many coastal properties utilize heavy-duty equipment like tractors to rake the sand or manual sifters that are labor intensive, less efficient, trigger beach erosion ...