Beach pollution is a problem that now afflicts beach areas in the world. According to the article “Plastic Products Take Over Top 10 List During International Coastal Cleanup” (2018), the top 10 most commonly found items were made of plastic and among them, the largest being the foam takeout/takeaway containers. Such litter poses a serious threat to marine life as well as heavily impacts the economy, and it should be cleared before entering the ocean. There is therefore a clear need for a cost-efficient technology to address this pressing issue.

Solarino’s eco-friendly tracked mobile robot

According to the Dronyx website (n.d.), the Solarino Beach Cleaning Robot is a combination of an eco-friendly tracked mobile robot and its active components created to provide an effortless and low-impact environmental solution to cleaning beaches of waste and junk. The robot is currently available for purchase in the market and is establishing itself all over the world (Dronyx, n.d.). The Dronyx website (n.d.) states that the beach cleaning robot, with the sand sifter component, could run up to three hours of work and has a remote controller that the user can employ to control the robot.

The sand sifter component is a rubbish collection device that scoops up rubbish from the sand, wet or dry, and filters it (Mike, 2019). According to the same website (n.d.), the machine is powered by a Gel battery and solar panel, making it entirely electrically driven. Solarino uses an electric linear actuator to compute the working depth and the unloading of rubbish.