Published Paper Details:

Millions of waste and other debris are filling our oceans at an exponential rate. This situation is catastrophic it has now garnered worldwide attention. Despite the catastrophic conditions, little to now robotics research is conducted in the identification, collection, sorting, and removal of waste from oceans and rivers and at the macro- and micro-scale. Only a scarce amount of individual efforts can be found from private sources. This paper presents a cursory view of the current plastic water waste catastrophe, associated robot research, and other efforts currently underway to address the issue. As well as the call that as a community, we must wait no longer to address the problem. Surely there is much potential for robots to help to meet the challenges posed by the enormity of this problem. In India, garbage disposal has become a huge cause of disturbance. This project solves two of the major problems. This machine is consisting of a net like structure which collect & remove the wastage from water bodies. It is also used to remove oil from the upper layer of the river. This is powered by solar powered motors using photovoltaic cells. The use of this project will be made in rivers, ponds, lakes and other water bodies to clean the surface water. This system will be also helpful for Kaveri and �government� projects for cleaning rivers from trashes like dhotis, flower offerings and other wastes.