MUMBAI, India, Aug. 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641101280 A) filed by National Institute Of Technology Calicut, An Indian Institute on August 21, 2026, for Compact Multipurpose Surface Aquabot With Autonomous Object Detection And Navigation With High Payload Capability.
Inventors include Jacob Koshy Mulamootil; K Sekar; Attadappa Puthanveetil Sudheer; Akash Kumar; Bhukya Priyanka; Malavika Mohan; Miluna Diamond; and Prajul Snehajan.
The application for the patent was published on August 28, 2026, under issue no. 35/2026.
Abstract: ABSTRACT COMPACT MULTIPURPOSE SURFACE AQUABOT WITH AUTONOMOUS OBJECT DETECTION AND NAVIGATION WITH HIGH PAYLOAD CAPABILITY The present invention discloses a robotic water surface rescue device with autonomous object detection and navigation with high payload capability. It comprises a hull (2), a deck (8) fixed to the hull and a fish detection sensor propped on the underside of the deck. There is a grip handlebar (7), fixed to the end of the deck, a cutting blade (4), in front of the deck, an acrylic housing (5), with real sense camera in front, a control box (3) and a power supply box (6), within the acrylic housing. There are two thrusters for propulsion (1), one clockwise and another counterclockwise, each with a dedicated buck converter. A Raspberry pi 5 control unit is embedded with YOLO v8 model, powered by a battery and a buck converter, a flight controller with a radio transmitter, a GPS module, placed on top of the acrylic housing, a fan for cooling, and a rechargeable battery. The invention also discloses the method of applying the device. FIG. 1
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