Join us in Goa, India, 2024

Why Goa ?

Every meter of beach sand in Goa has an average 25.47g of plastic. The total litter, including nylon fishing nets, glass, e-waste, Styrofoam and Thermocol, is 205.75g/m2 — the highest in the country.

In spring 2024, we are planning our greatest project so far in Goa, India, with the use of our underwater and air drones, our new XXL Beach Bot and of course – with the support of local people.

From Classic Technology to the use of Robots in Goa

coastal areas

In the area of coastal areas and estuaries, it is primarily about pragmatic solutions that can recover the largest possible volume of plastic, garbage and rubbish in a short time.

For example, it makes no sense for robots to be used first and foremost in regions such as Africa, Far East Asia and Latin America if the many unemployed people in these countries can be given new job prospects as an alternative. Ideally, thousands can be helped to earn an income in this way. For inaccessible areas, special ships and networks are still required, which can then also be controlled remotely or, similar to our underwater vehicles, operated autonomously with AI.

Involvement of the local population

We are committed to ensuring that carelessly discarded bottles in countries such as Africa, Latin America and Asia are given a deposit, even if it is just a tenth of a cent. This could generate income for thousands of families - and millions of plastic bottles would no longer end up in the sea. The prerequisite for this, however, is the removal and recycling of the plastic by public authorities.

beach buggy

On some beaches or riverbanks, the litter is so great that it would take trucks to clean it all up. We are currently designing an XXL buggy, which collects plastic and rubbish with a special device. The buggy can then be delivered as a kit and can either be driven by a driver, remotely controlled or autonomously make its rounds. The picture shows the first robot buggy from a Dutch company called Project BB, which collects cigarette butts.

Well done!

Inaccessible stretches of coast

With the countless beaches in the world that need to be cleaned, it would probably take thousands of boats to be on site everywhere. Our solution is to rent suitable boats locally, equipped with our Ocean Tube, to collect rubbish. For particularly dangerous stretches of coast, we are developing an RC controller that is as easy to install as possible. The picture shows a stretch of coast in Libya (Source: orf.at)

rivers

There are already many initiatives to clean up rivers. Some solutions are good - but unfortunately others also damage the underwater flora and fauna. We would like to help here and develop complex, hydraulic flow barriers with our engineers, which open or lower depending on the current or the shipping traffic. (Image source: Die WELT)

Coastal sea depths

Due to the simpler logistics, the first place of use for our robots will be in the coastal waters. Depths of up to 300 meters are no problem. (Image source: FAZ)

Coastal sea depths

Due to the simpler logistics, the first place of use for our robots will be in the coastal waters. Depths of up to 300 meters are no problem. (Image source: FAZ)