Development of water surface cleaning robot and trash monitoring via Internet of Things (IoT)

Khairudin, Hafizudin Fikri (2021) Development of water surface cleaning robot and trash monitoring via Internet of Things (IoT). Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Rivers are essential to both nature and human society in Malaysia. Along rivers, major cities have also grown drastically and flourished. Rivers also used to provide some food and supply the drinking water in our daily life. And though we are not permitted to dump garbage into the trench or river, we can see a lot of trash floating in the channel, river, and sea. Therefore, this causes river pollution and harms the organism. Due to this problem, the Water Surface Cleaning Robot with Trash Monitoring System is proposed to overcome the pollutions problem. The robot can manoeuvre on the water surface and monitor the trash on the water surface by using an ESP32-WiFi camera via IoT. The movement of the robot is done by controlling the thruster by using an RC transmitter. The robot can collect the trash by using the servo motor that is also controlled by the RC transmitter. The ESP32 will be used as the main controller in the system. The motor driver will be used to control the thrusters. Besides, there is a load cell to measure the weight of the trash and an infrared proximity sensor to measure the level of the trash inside the container. Then, the reading of the sensors can be monitored via IoT. Lastly, the efficiency of the system in collecting and monitoring the trash on the water surface will be analysed.

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