Eco Friendly Solar Powered Garbage Disposal Boat

Abstract

This article presents the garbage collection robot on the beach using wireless communications. The robot is built on the caterpillar wheels, sizes 52x74x17 cm and the power is supplied from 12V 1.2Ah battery which is connected to 3W solar cells. The user can control a robot via a program developed from MIT app inventor application based on Android. The commands from user are sent via Bluetooth to Arduino for processing. In addition, it is also equipped with an IP camera with added pan/tilt capabilities which relays feedback information to the human operator via Ad-hoc system. The results of robot performances were found that the robot can move with an average speed of 0.5 meters per second on the sand via wireless communication and collect the big garbage with side 12.5 x 49 cm, for example, glass bottles, and plastic, etc. From the experimental results, it can clearly indicate that the proposed robot is superior to handle tasking conveniently, control capability, and operate environmentally friendly.