Implementation of semi-autonomous robot as solution to water pollution from floating trash
by Hirdy Othman; Mohammad Iskandar Petra; Liyanage Chandratilak de Silva; Wahyu Caesarendra; Sena Seneviratne; Adam Glowacz
International Journal of Innovation and Learning (IJIL), Vol. 32, No. 3, 2022

Abstract: A vast and immense global production of plastics had burdened the world ever since the increasing demand for plastics consumption for the past five decades. These non-biodegradable plastics were then thrown away and became wastes. Some of these plastic wastes were re-processed without any proper environmental protection controls which eventually caused the rapid destruction of the Anthropocene. It was estimated that more than 19 million kilograms of plastic wastes were spotted in the ocean annually. The adoption of a small-scale research project, the floating trash collector robot as the means of cleaning the water bodies was proposed. The robot is a semi-autonomous vehicle and is equipped with integrated sensors with a centralised computational processing system (CPS). The unique architecture of the exoskeleton design enables this robot to collect floating plastic wastes. This system is highly suitable and applicable to be used for Brunei's historical floating water village. This technology could also be adopted for other places in the world where plastic pollutions required intervention using an innovative solution.

Online publication date: Wed, 28-Sep-2022

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