This project aims to provide a sustainable approach to keeping beaches clean. Beaches are the habitat of a multitude of organisms that are vital to a network of ecosystems. The integrity of these ecosystems is threatened by waste and pollutants that litter streets, waterways, and wetlands across the world. Allowing pollution to disrupt the environment endangers both wildlife and humans. This project aims to help clean beaches using an autonomous swarm robotic system. The robot will be capable of collecting trash by sifting out sand. There are currently beach-cleaning robots, however, most are not autonomous; they require human interaction. Our robot system will utilize computer vision to autonomously identify trash to clean up and organic materials to avoid.

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Creator

• Ducharme, Cooper
• Watkins, Benjamin
• Bernard, Lucia
• Cheng, Sophia

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042723-152536
• 106466

Advisor

• Zhang, Haichong
• Bertozzi, Nicholas

Year

• 2023

Date created

• 2023-04-27

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Computer Science
• Robotics Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

Source

• E-project-042723-152536

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-06-23