Paper Title
An Integrated Approach to the Design of Mechanism Underlying a Mobile Beach Cleaning Machine
Abstract
This paper presents a consolidated design of the mechanism driving a beach cleaning machine we call Gar-Bot.
All the three fundamental working units responsible for Locomotion, Garbage Collection and Garbage Deposition have been
developed in considerable detail. Much of the efforts in building such a kind of a beach cleaning structure in the past have
been directed solely towards keeping the sifter external to the main assembly. As a result, little emphasis has been laid on the
ever-increasing space such a heavy loaded vehicle encompasses when the sifter is entirely separated from the main module.
An attempt, therefore has been made to integrate that component within the main assembly using a specialized electrically
actuated joint mechanism, thereby achieving the desired compactness. Tracked wheel system is chosen over wheeled one to
allow the movement of the Gar-Bot both on dry and wet terrains of the beach in order to make them litter-free.
Keywords - Consolidated Design of the Mechanism, Beach Cleaning Machine, Gar-Bot, Locomotion, Garbage collection,
Garbage Deposition, Sifter, Specialized Electrically Actuated Joint mechanism, Compactness, Tracked Wheel System, Litter