Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for Autonomous Floating Waste Collection Device

MUMBAI, India, Oct. 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641110230 A) filed by Sathyabama Institute Of Science And Technology Deemed To Be University on September 14, 2026, for Autonomous Floating Waste Collection Device.

Inventor includes Dr. S. Lakshmi Sankar.

The application for the patent was published on October 23, 2026, under issue no. 43/2026.

Abstract: An autonomous floating waste collection device, comprising a buoyant body 101 with an intake opening, an AI camera 102, to identify a location of floating waste on a water surface, a propulsion arrangement configured to move the buoyant body 101 across the water surface toward the identified location, a suction unit 104 to draw water and waste t...