Internet of Things (IoT) based Watercraft for Environmental Surveillance and Maintenance

Water is the topmost priority for all human and industry needs in the universe. This proposed work creates awareness about the conservation of water bodies. Here, a garbage collector is designed to clean the lake and river automatically. The client can supervise the boat from any remote place. The developed model has a live camera that uses image processing technology for detecting the garbage, and the distance between the boat and the garbage is calculated, and the cleaning of plastic and other spills will happen. The values of pH and temperature are continuously monitored and the results are displayed on the web page using IoT. The proposed prototype has been experimented with in a small swimming pool. The proposed watercraft model is made up of heavy-duty material. The movement of the model is controlled using wireless Bluetooth communication from a smartphone application. The exact values of pH and temperature are displayed on the smartphone via an application. The mobile application has switches and can be used to control the boat.