Bionic, Fin-propelled Underwater Multi-legged Robot

Industrialization and technology advancement have brought convenience, but they also have side effects, mainly because they cause pollution. The introduction of plastics improves people’s lives a great deal, yet plastics products are easy to drift into the ocean from lakes and rivers and since they are undegradable, it is easy for them to remain as sediment in oceans. Although land garbage collecting as well as classification have already been relatively developed, ocean trash is extremely difficult to deal with, causing pollution and posing danger to species living within these areas. This is mainly because it is almost impossible to send humans to these water regions to collect garbage, and even if we can, the process would be tedious and timely, so here is where robots come into play. They can reach these oceanic environments and bring back garbage thrown away by human beings. This paper encompasses the methods used in designing and building the robot as well as its structural characteristics. It is an underwater robot, meaning it mainly dives into the water to perform its functions. It is quadrupled, meaning it has four feet. It propels itself in a bionic way and propels itself using fins. Specifically speaking, it has four feet with each having silicon gel attached to it, thus enabling the robot to swim like a sea turtle. Finally, it has a mechanic arm that helps it pick up garbage from the water.