Autonomous Robotic Vehicle for Oil Spills Cleaning with Nano Particles

In an era of increasing environmental concern, oil pollution arising either from marine accidents or from routine ship operations (tanker loading and unloading, etc.) is a major threat for the marine environment. The average quantity of ship-generated oil that ends up in the sea exceeds 350,000 tonnes per year. When an oil spill occurs, either in open or confined sea, the ecological damage on the local ecosystem could be huge and irreversible. In view of the above, there is a pressing need for continuous refinement of the existing means and the development and implementation of new technologies with help of Robotics for oil spill combating. To minimize the adverse environmental effects of an oil spill, research should focus to devise technologies that are able to confront the oil, aiming at its actual removal when this is still floating at sea. This paper describe robotic unit of high-power autonomy that adsorb oil over water surface with the help of Nano-particle and are able to recover oil from Nano-material when placed in magnetic field. A prototype model of robot with constraint design of floating and assembly of different parts inside it has been made with the help of 3D printing for above investigation. The robots suck oily water separating clear water to the outside and creating a stream of oil in the center. Oil collected during the process is stored in box, which can later be removed by crew members to recycle in magnetic field. Towards these directions, in this paper we present a novel concept for effective oil spill confrontation which is based on autonomous robotic systems using nanotechnology-based techniques.