• We discovered that the process to clean the hull of a boat is way too difficult and way too expensive. From this we decided to design a solution to clean the hull of boats in an easier and less expensive way. Additionally, we found that other designs either need to be dry docked to use, or need to be controlled, could only be used at port, and did not account for foreign species contamination. Therefore, we wanted our design to be automated, portable and environmentally friendly.

 

• Our design consists of three different systems that work together to clean the hull of your boat: a cleat clamp that attaches the system to the boat, a slider moves the robot head vertically and horizontally about the boat, and the robot head cleans the hull of the boat. Throughout this year we were able to design, model and prototype each of these systems (as seen below).

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