"AquaCycler Ocean Waste Collection Drone"
Ocean Recycler
Problem: Many coastal areas are polluted with small to large collections of floating garbage ranging from plastic bottles, plastic bags, and other man-made objects.
Solution: Build an open-source floating drone to clean up the oceans, lakes, and ponds using AI to identify man-made garbage and put them into a collection net. Ideally we could specify a specific area for the drone as its service area and it will continually clean its area and return home for charging and to empty its trash for recycling.
Timeframe: (varies by component)
Repository: <insert text>
Size Constraints: (???)
Prize: Get credited as a Project Contributor for the Ocean Builders Project, <insert text>
Target Build Cost: $300.00
Points:
- Water drone design that can propel itself in water and pull a raised net behind it
- Water drone that can find its way to a charging station
- Design Charging Station
- Water drone that can pick up or move trash it collects into a collection net or bin
- Easily programming a drone to monitor a specific area for trash
- Using AI to predict when trash will be in its zone (time of day, time of year, water currents)
- Chart how much is collected per hour of work
Research:
https://siliconangle.com/2016/09/09/garbage-eating-drone-starts-cleaning-up-the-port-of-rotterdam/
http://www.solardrone.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sauv-in-water-1220x575.png
http://www.libelium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/airalab_drone_1100_1.jpg
https://www.trvst.world/projects/wasteshark-plastic-eating-drones/
http://language.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201906/08/WS5cfb0188a3101765772300cd.html
https://www.trvst.world/projects/wasteshark-plastic-eating-drones/
https://twitter.com/RanMarineTech
Target Build Cost: <text>
License Requirement: Open Source and available for personal or commercial use maintaining the same license for all future code iterations
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Points |
Required |
Feature |
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500 |
Yes |
Floating drone with an open area like a mouth at the front and a net in the center which collects garbage as the drone moves forward. |
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300 |
The front opening mouth has one or two arms and cover the mouth so it can selectively let items into the mouth |
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300 |
Yes |
Elevated pole with an AI camera on top that can search 360 degrees for junk to “eat” |
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600 |
Yes |
Can we set a programmable service area that it will continuously survey? |
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200 |
Yes |
Does it have space for at least ten 330ml bottles or cans? |
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200 |
Yes |
Can the drone move forward |
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100 |
Can the drone move backward |
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300 |
Yes |
Can the drone move left and right |
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100 |
Can it turn in its place |
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300 |
Can it return to a base station? |
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500 |
Yes |
Can it identify the type of trash it is seeing? |
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400 |
Yes |
Can it learn what type of trash to eat? |
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200 |
Can it detect when it is low on battery and return to its base station for charging? |
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500 |
Can it charge itself with solar power? |
Project video link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/17rf0e7d2xppclz/AquaCycler.mp4?dl=0