Swarming Marine Plastics Reclamation Drones

Design Project Functions Assignment 5.2B Jake Hvistendahl

Design Challenge Too many small particulate plastics in the oceans Collected material needs to be centralized and floated back to shore Individual Robots need to remain in communication during activity

What Does it do? Filter these plastics from the water and consolidate them Captured plastics should be melted into floating forms.

FUNCTIONS -Capture Solid Particles -Store Solids - Expel liquids -Capture energy - Expel Heat -Expel Gasses - Store energy -Modify size and shape -Cooperate - Maintain Community -Coordinate Activities -Send and Receive signals

Robots need to easily communicate their position and route through the ocean

Design Challenge The bots will have to be out at sea for long stretches of time.

What Does it do? Needs to be powered through renewable sources The bots need to be able to survive large storms and other degrading elements

FUNCTIONS -Capture Solar Energy -Capture Wind Energy - Ride Currents -Protect from Chemicals -Manage compression and shear. -Prevent Fatigue -Differentiate materials -Sense Electricity -Expel Animals -Prevent biotic infiltration

The filtering and sifting process needs to have as little negative impact on the marine environment as possible

Biotic and abiotic materials need to be separated in the collection process.