AI-enabled robotic trash boat introduced to clean Gomti river

In order to clean Gomti river, the district administration has introduced artificial intelligence enabled trash boat.
A trial run of the system was done at Laxman Mela ghat on Wednesday in the presence of divisional commissioner Roshan Jacob and secretary environment Ashish Tiwari.

The boat, prepared by Centre For Innovation Policy and social change (CIPSC). CIPSC Director Karishma Sabharwal, the trails would continue for the next 30 days, following which we expect to handover the boat to the municipal corporation.

She said, “Boat’s mesh is capable of taking out even the smallest of river waste. The boat can be controlled by a person remotely. The sensor installed on the boat brings it automatically to the shore after two quintals of waste is collected.”

Self-propelled robotic boat is fully powered by solar panels. The boat has a front facing camera which automatically detects the plastic/hyacinth/other waste lying in the water and collects it. The waste is collected in the rear storage through the conveyor belt in the boat.

GPS installed in the boat, helps for real time monitoring. At present the storage capacity of waste is 200 kg. During the trial run, instructions were given by the Divisional Commissioner to expand the capacity of the boat.

(The Times of India)