MUMBAI, India, Feb. 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641017378 A) filed by R. M. K. Engineering College, Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, on Feb. 17, for 'autonomous water surface cleaning robot.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Vijay Anand K; Prem Pradeep S; Aishwarya K; Dhaneshwara M; Gokulrajan R M; Harini M; and Poojashree T.
The application for the patent was published on Feb. 27, under issue no. 09/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Water contamination is a major hazard to aquatic ecosystems and urban water infrastructure, with moving waste such plastic, organic matter, and non-biodegradable elements accumulating quickly in lakes, canals and reservoirs. Traditional c...