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Utrecht pupils win Young Inventor Award with air-cleaning drone

Skyler, 10, Philip, 9, and Abel, 9, pupils at primary school De Spits in Utrecht, won the Young Inventor Award 2026 in the 6-to-11 age category at Science Museum NEMO. They received the prize for their EcoBotDrone, designed to tackle air pollution.

The pupils said the drone would remove polluted air and convert harmful substances into useful products.