A floating oceanic debris collection device may include a circular base, a debris collection unit, and a debris storage unit. The debris collection unit may include a blade erected on an upper surface of the base and an arm extending in an outward direction to a rotation direction side. The debris storage unit may include an annular inner peripheral float installed on a lower surface of the base, an inlet penetrating a peripheral surface of the inner peripheral float, and an outlet penetrating the upper surface of the base. An entirety of the base may be configured to rotate via receiving wind on the sea with the blade. The arm may be configured to scrap debris floating on a sea surface inward. The inlet may be configured to introduce the debris to an inside. The outlet may be configured to facilitate removal of the debris from the debris storage unit.

A waste management system, primarily intended to be for waste floating in water, though it can also be used on land. A shredding device will reduce the size of the particles of waste. Ocean water is removed by a drying device. The dried waste material is cryogenically frozen using liquid nitrogen or other suitable means. The frozen waste material is then pulverized and ground into a powder. The powder may then be sprayed into a gas-filled chamber and heated. Temperature, pressure and humidity are maintained within the chamber for more than one minute. Microwave or other radiation and catalysts may be used to enhance the process of extraction. The processed material is then removed from the chamber. Carbon and water may be recycled. The carbon may be used as fuel by the ship. Water may also be used by the ship or returned to the ocean in a non-toxic condition.

An exemplary system for collecting floating debris from a body of water may include at least one ingestion head positionable at or proximate to the surface of the body of water, the ingestion head including at least one intake opening and at least one exit port fluidly coupled together, the ingestion head further including a vacuum cavity surrounding the at least one exit port so that the at least one exit port can be maintained submerged in liquid throughout debris recovery operations.

An exemplary system for collecting floating debris from a body of water may include at least one ingestion head positionable at or proximate to the surface of the body of water, the ingestion head including at least one intake opening and at least one exit port fluidly coupled together, the ingestion head further including a vacuum cavity surrounding the at least one exit port so that the at least one exit port can be maintained submerged in liquid throughout debris recovery operations.

A marine monitoring and debris collection scow is provided, the scow comprising: a hull which includes an open stern, a bow opposite the open stern, a deck extending between the open stern and the bow and forming a bottom on an underside, the bottom extending between the open stern and the bow; a frame, the frame which is attached to the deck, the frame including a front, a back which is opposite the front and sides extending between the front and the back; at least one flotation chamber which extends around the sides and the front of the frame and forms a gunwale; a housing mounted on the deck; and a microcontroller unit housed in the housing, the microcontroller unit configured to receive a data set from at least one sensor, to store the data set, to process the data set into a processed data set and to send the processed data set to a radio.

A marine monitoring and debris collection scow is provided, the scow comprising: a hull which includes an open stern, a bow opposite the open stern, a deck extending between the open stern and the bow and forming a bottom on an underside, the bottom extending between the open stern and the bow; a frame, the frame which is attached to the deck, the frame including a front, a back which is opposite the front and sides extending between the front and the back; at least one flotation chamber which extends around the sides and the front of the frame and forms a gunwale; a housing mounted on the deck; and a microcontroller unit housed in the housing, the microcontroller unit configured to receive a data set from at least one sensor, to store the data set, to process the data set into a processed data set and to send the processed data set to a radio.

A device and method for cleaning polluting particles and debris out of a body of liquid using a swimming robot which catches debris with filters and chemically reduces the caught debris into a preferred byproduct before ejecting the byproduct back into the environment. In a preferred embodiment and application, a swimming robot made of biodegradable materials and equipped with non-toxic enzymes for chemically reducing plastics is placed into the ocean to swim around, propelled by wave motion, and safely remove plastics, particularly including microplastics, from the environment and convert the filtered plastics into a benign byproduct, until the device itself wears out and harmlessly breaks down without being recovered or polluting the environment further.

A device and method for cleaning polluting particles and debris out of a body of liquid using a swimming robot which catches debris with filters and chemically reduces the caught debris into a preferred byproduct before ejecting the byproduct back into the environment. In a preferred embodiment and application, a swimming robot made of biodegradable materials and equipped with non-toxic enzymes for chemically reducing plastics is placed into the ocean to swim around, propelled by wave motion, and safely remove plastics, particularly including microplastics, from the environment and convert the filtered plastics into a benign byproduct, until the device itself wears out and harmlessly breaks down without being recovered or polluting the environment further.

An intelligent cleaning robot comprises a housing, an optical module, a pickup module, a central processing module, and a drive module. The housing defines light transmission holes for the optical module, which comprise an infrared light source, a complex light source, a structure light lens to receive reflected infrared light through the holes to form a three-dimensional image, and a color lens to receive reflected light through the holes to form a color image. The central processing module can receive the three-dimensional image and the color image and form an image of an environment. The pickup module can be controlled to pick up garbage and objects in the environment according to the image of an environment, and the robot can be controlled to move on land or in water.

An intelligent cleaning robot comprises a housing, an optical module, a pickup module, a central processing module, and a drive module. The housing defines light transmission holes for the optical module, which comprise an infrared light source, a complex light source, a structure light lens to receive reflected infrared light through the holes to form a three-dimensional image, and a color lens to receive reflected light through the holes to form a color image. The central processing module can receive the three-dimensional image and the color image and form an image of an environment. The pickup module can be controlled to pick up garbage and objects in the environment according to the image of an environment, and the robot can be controlled to move on land or in water.