Design and Construction of a Radio Controlled Floating Waste Collector Robot

Abstract

This research paper proposes the design and fabrication of a cost-effective floating waste cleaning robot that will lift the waste surface garbage from the water surface. This robot is containing a propeller-driven conveyor mechanism, which collects & removes the wastage, garbage & plastic wastages from the water surface. The robot consists of a conveyor belt built-in with a fixed number of claws to pick up the waste material and a steel rod bound to a DC gear motor drives it. The claws transfer the collected waste into a deposit box and from there it will be displayed in the desired location utilizing a conveyor system. 2.4 GHz radio transmitter and receiver has been used to control this cleaning machine. The motor and belt-pulley drive mechanism gives a robust performance for grabbing the floating waste materials.