Microdredging system

A system comprising:

• a buoyant pumping platform comprising at least one suction device adapted to deploy to a detected location below a surface of a body of water where sediment is located, and raise the sediment, and a locomotion system comprising wheels;
• a location device adapted to determine the detected location;
• and
• a buoyant loading platform adapted to dock and undock from the buoyant pumping platform through a docking system, said loading platform being further adapted to receive the raised sediment and discharge the raised sediment, said loading platform having a locomotion system comprising wheels,
• wherein the locomotion systems of the buoyant loading platform and the buoyant pumping platform enable each of the platforms to independently travel about the surface of the body of water, and
• wherein the buoyant loading platform and the buoyant pumping platform comprise a first controller and a second controller, respectively, such that locomotion of the buoyant loading platform is determined by commands received from the first controller, and locomotion of the buoyant pumping platform is determined by commands received from the second controller.