吸引機構を搭載した水中ロボットによる海洋ゴミ回収システム

抄録

Marine debris causes deleterious effects on the environment and economy. It is still a difficult task to efficiently collect marine debris floating on the sea surface. We previously proposed a semi-automatic collection system of marine debris using an underwater robot. However, the success rate is low due to the complicated operations required to collect marine debris. In this research, we propose to use a suction mechanism to simplify the operation of collecting marine debris that enables the underwater robot to collect just by approaching it. The experiments verify the effectiveness of the proposed system with respect to the success rate and time of collection.