Abstract:
Sea turtles had been the highlights to several researches these past few years. Sea
turtles emerge from the sea to lay eggs once a year. Until now, marine scientists
observe turtle laying eggs process manually. The problems revolve around carefully
observing sea turtle laying eggs (nesting) without having the sea turtles intimidated
hence retarding the process. The purpose of this research is to develop a physical
prototype design of sea turtle observatory robot. In order to prevent sea turtle being
intimidated from the human existence hence retarding the nesting process, this
prototype was able to resolve problems faced previously. This robot is equipped with
Bluetooth communication system which allows it to be controlled from a fixed
position and moves with constant speed from a given starting point on the plane to a
target point. The task is to identify challenges involved in sea-turtle observatory
processes on the beach which are done manually before. Therefore, this work is
focused on the development of robots in order to operate at the beach for the sea turtle
observation. The criteria of prototype should be capable to crawl on sea sand and able
to withstand water splash and flying sand dust. The research is executed in a proper
designed and organized schedule to optimize the output of the research.
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