
www.kickstarter.com http:protei.org Protei The Open Hardware Oil spill cleaning sailing robot. The worst environmental catastrophe in US history just happened here, in the Gulf of Mexico. But there are Oil spills all around, all the time. To clean the BP DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill, they used all sorts of expensive technologies. In all, only 3% of the oil was skimmed, the clean-up crew was exposed to toxic chemicals, putting their health at risk. We think we can do better. Conventional skimmers basically trace clean paths in a sea of oil. Oil moves downwind following surface current, so the best way to capture it is to move upwind. One layer of oil absorbing material is ok, but consecutive layers collect more oil. Protei uses the wind to power an unmanned sailing robot that pulls a long oil absorbing boom "tail", sailing upwind autonomously, without exposing the health of human beings on board. - test 0 A normal sail boat looses steering and pulling power when you pull a long load, so what we did is to simply put the steering at the front. - Protei 1 We hacked a little remote controlled boat, and it worked! We had great control and speed, and using a very little rudder at the front we were able to steer a very long and heavy tail at the back. - Protei 2 The problem is when you go upwind, every time you turn, you face the wind for a moment. When you face the wind, you no longer have pulling power, so you loose control. We made an articulated sail boat, protei 2, flexible <b>...</b>
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