Intelligent flock of surface vehicles for collecting solid waste in bodies of water

• Main Authors: Ong, Carl Heinrich I., Salazar, Enrico Sebastian C., Salvador, Pierre Marie R., Te, Oliver Scott Y.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2023
• Subjects: Refuse and refuse disposal—Equipment and supplies; Vehicles, Remotely piloted; Plastic marine debris; Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdb_ece/33
• Institution: De La Salle University

As of 2023, the Philippines has been identified as one of the largest contributors to plastic waste in the oceans. The reason for that is the inefficiencies in how the country handles its waste. Focusing mainly on manual labor and voluntarism, the country is only able to segregate a handful of solid...