Project.BB

"Let's clean the beach together"

At current rates, by 2050 the seas will contain
more plastic than fish.

Follow our journey to build .BB, a Beach Bot that detects litter, creates awareness and helps to clean the beach, supported by anyone over the internet.

Be part of our challenge!

Who are we?

Check our vision in 30 seconds!

LITTER CHALLENGE

We’ve been taught that littering is wrong. Nevertheless, humans still leave litter everywhere.

Cigarette butts and microplastics that roam around on the beach effect the health of sea water, species and eventually our food chain.

We need to challenge ourselves to come up with new solutions to clean the beach and to keep it clean.

What problem are you trying to solve?

Shooting away a cigarette butt, an unconscious act for many smokers, but exemplary of how we as people deal with trash. Around 2000 billion cigarette butts per year are thrown into public spaces worldwide, so a large proportion of them end up on the beaches as well. We feel there is a need to protect nature and shift towards a more sustainable attitude.

How bad is it?

Cigarettes do not perish. Every time they end up in the sea, 1 cigarette will poison 500 liters of water per day. And because the plastic filters break into microplastics, they eventually end up in our food circle. So there is a huge need to get them off the beach.

How is a robot going to help?

The robot that we develop will drive over the beach and boulevard and can detect and pick up litter. Moreover, with the presence of the robot we want to create awareness on littering.

Why focus on cigarette butts?

We decided to focus on small waste, that includes cigarette filters but also various small plastic, because this is what remains with current cleaning facilities, since the tractors that drive around the beach after beach days only take the bulky waste with them.

Our solution

We are building a standalone robot by the name of BB (Beach Bot).
BB will help to clean the beach and contribute to more awareness about littering.

A clever trash worker

Human assistance

Engage with the public on the beach

Join us! Be part of the solution!

Progress

See how we have made a progress

Video of Demo Day

Feb 25

Martijn Lukaart, co-founder of Project.BB, was interviewed during Demo Day at RoboHouse Delft. Please see the video on the right. You can also watch the video on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQjXDSxy01M

5G Experience The Hague

Feb 25

Project.BB was present during ‘5G Experience’ in The Hague City Hall. The informative exhibition gave a glimpse of the future. The City of The Hague organized this exhibition in collaboration with T-Mobile. For us a great opportunity to meet and update local and industry stakeholders.

Demo Day at TU Delft

Jan 24

Here it is! The prototype of our BeachBot is ready. Proud of the Minor Robotics team. Excellent Demo Day performance at RoboHouse. Next step: getting BB ready to go outside.

BB @ CES Las Vegas

Jan 7

From 7 -10th of January BB had a booth at Eureka park, next to Holland Tech Square. Amazing experience to be part of CES.tech and to receive so many positive feedback.

BB runner-up at 5G innovation challenge

Nov 28

With 34.1% of all votes BB ended as the runner-up at the national 5G Innovation Challenge during Telecom Insights. And managed to score a sponsor deal.