Development of a jellyfish reconnaissance and removal robot system using unmanned aerial and surface vehicles

Abstract

In this paper, a novel robot system for a jellyfish reconnaissance and removal using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and unmanned surface vehicle (USV) is introduced. In recent years, overpopulated jellyfish are threatening ocean ecosystem as well as damaging to ocean-related industries such as fishery, seaside power plants, and casualties. The damage is estimated about 300M USD per year in South Korea. To resolve this problem, a jellyfish removal net towed by trawl boats and a few of devices to prevent the influx of jellyfish have been developed. However, most of these devices have the limited usage due to environmental constraints.