Problem Statement:
Rivers around the world are increasingly burdened by surface-level pollution, including plastics, microplastics, debris, and organic waste. This pollution disrupts aquatic ecosystems, diminishes water quality, and negatively impacts recreational activities. It also affects communities that rely on these water bodies for drinking water and agriculture. Existing river cleanup technologies are often expensive and cumbersome, making them inaccessible for widespread use. Therefore, there is a pressing need for an affordable, efficient river cleanup device that can be easily used by the general public and is suitable for mass production. As part of our Innovation School Residency, we wanted to address this issue.
Idea:
Developing a scalable, smart, and efficient river clean-up device to effectively remove surface-level pollution from rivers, reducing ecological disruption and improving water quality.
Objectives:
- Create a buoyant base with plastic bottles
- Join a line of bottles and fix a mount on top with acrylic rings
- Attach a net catching component to capture all the surface level waste
- Code motors with a bluetooth functioning app to control the motion of the motors to be steered in the direction of the garbage
- Efficient propellor system to launch the device forward with enough thrust to counter possible current
- Attach the electrical on the mount and make a functioning river cleaning device
Final Solution:
A remote control device that collects waste from the river surface. The waste is collected in a net. Its direction of motion can be altered through an app connected with bluetooth.
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