Report by Gurpreet Kaur
ISS, July 5: IADYS (Interactive Autonomous Dynamic Systems), a French artificial intelligence and robotics startup company (a startup is a business venture founded by one or more products to develop a unique product. A company in its initial phases is called a startup.) created a water-decontamination robot known as Jellyfishbot. Jellyfishbot is a robot that collects garbage from the sea. It is lightweight, electric, remote-controlled, and can withstand untimely weather conditions. It is as big as a suitcase. Its small size allows it to get to the corner and narrow spaces which are otherwise difficult to reach with a net. It can also remove petrol and oil spills from the water’s surface.
The radio-controlled guidance range is 400m or 1,300ft (the distance within which something can be reached or perceived). It can clean 1000m2 in 1 hour and can collect 80L of floating waste and 30L of hydrocarbons per net.
IADYS is committed to marine environment protection and is founded by Nicolas Carlesi and Ronald Loschmann. The first prototype of Jellyfishbot was introduced in Cassis in southern France. Cassis was considered because of the presence of different kinds of pollutants in its marina. It is currently operating at 15 different ports in France. Countries including Singapore, Japan, and Norway have imported Jellyfishbot. Jellyfishbot is a unique and novel idea, but it is not the only device of its kind. RanMarine, a marine technology firm based in the Netherlands has developed a robot called “Waste Shark” which is used to clean garbage in the Rotterdam Harbour.
Source: Twitter@iadys