Multi-functional automated robotic system for aquaculture
AssigneePure Biomass Inc.
InventorGeorge Vozhdayev
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Abstract
A robotic system for use within a fluid environment is provided. The robotic system may comprise a robot, a vacuum nozzle, an electromagnetic guide wire, and a control panel. The robotic system functions to aid in the production and/or collection of microbial biomass, plant biomass, debris, waste, suspended solids, suspensions, and other substances that are present in fluid suspensions within aquatic systems, marine environments, reactors, and photobioreactors, as well as submerged or partially submerged spaces.
Claims20
A robotic system for use within a fluid environment, the robotic system comprising:
- a robot, the robot comprising a robot main body and at least one pair of wheels, the pair of wheels being housed within a continuous track;
- an elongated vacuum nozzle protruding from the robot main body;
- an electromagnetic guide wire forming a guide path configured for the robot to follow within the fluid environment;
- a control panel for monitoring and controlling functioning of the fluid environment, wherein the control panel enables a user to interface with the robot for controlling functions of the robot within the fluid environment;
- wherein the robot is configured to collect biomass, from within the fluid environment using the vacuum nozzle;
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- wherein the robotic system is configured to harvest a first volume of biomass from a first location within the fluid environment using the vacuum nozzle, and deliver, as a second volume of biomass is collected using the vacuum nozzle, a concentrated stream of the first volume of biomass to a second location within or outside the fluid environment.
A robotic system for use within a fluid environment including a concentration of biomass on or adjacent a bottom surface, the robotic system comprising:
- a robot, the robot comprising a robot main body and at least one pair of wheels, the pair of wheels being housed within a continuous track;
- a vacuum nozzle protruding from each side of the robot main body and arranged perpendicular to the continuous track;
- at least one pump within or carried by the robot main body connected to the vacuum nozzle for generating fluid momentum;
- a hose attached to the pump;
- an electromagnetic guide wire forming a guide path configured for the robot to follow within the fluid environment;
- a control panel for monitoring and controlling functioning of the growth chamber fluid environment, wherein the control panel enables a user to interface with the robot for controlling functions of the robot within the fluid environment;
- wherein the robot is configured to harvest a first volume of biomass from a first location within the fluid environment using the vacuum nozzle, and deliver via the pump and hose, as a second volume of biomass is collected using the vacuum nozzle, a concentrated stream of the first volume of biomass to a second location within or outside the fluid environment,
- wherein the second location is discrete from the robot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.