Smart way to Swachh Bharat
Walking Towards Better Future, Here’s A Smart Technology To Maintain Cleanliness
Stuti Kalra, GT Network
Inspired by the school’s Youth Power 2017-18 team ‘Pic Civic’ that had chosen to work towards sensitising people to be responsible towards their environment, Arnav Gupta, Parth Khullar & Vasu Madan of AIS Saket, Class X, decided to do their bit. Arnav shared, “The Swachh Bharat mission was gaining momentum. We observed that the government had put up so many bins including garbage dump points, yet people never used the bins and littered here and there. The result was an unhygienic and unpleasant street as the waste decomposed. The biggest example was the garbage dump built by Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) at the corner of the road leading to our school. Every day we used to see garbage being dumped outside and not inside the marked walls.” “These unhygienic areas later used to become breeding grounds for mosquitoes, which gave rise to so many hazardous diseases. All this made us think harder and we came up with the idea of a smart bin,” added Parth.
The two along with Vasu, then set out to find an automated solution to this with the help of technology. The idea was to use robotics and AI that can easily sort garbage to make its disposal ecofriendly, economic and efficient. Together with their mentor Anjana Wadhwa, the team integrated robotics & Arduino, provided by ATL lab of school, to innovate their own ‘smart’ bin.
Let’s know a bit more about the working of this smart bin;
- An ultrasonic sensor, embedded in the smart bin, instantly detects the presence of any person standing within an area of 25 cm to 100 cm circumference.
- As soon as the person is detected, the servo motor rotates the dustbin 90 degrees clockwise and opens the smart bin so that the waste can be thrown.
- Once the person moves away and smart bin senses the waste matter, it again rotates to 90 degrees anti-clockwise and resets itself in the original position, closing the lid of the bin.
- To test the weight load that the smart bin can hold, it was installed in the school canteen for a few days. The team found that a small smart bin can take upto 30 kgs of load while the larger bin can take up to 80 kgs of waste matter.
- The road ahead
- Inspired by YP and driven by ‘Swacch Bharat’ mission, to make living conditions for the people of this nation better, the team is now working towards enhancing the smartness of their smart bin. They aim to help the organizations to work on a large scale production of smart bin using robotic technology. The team also plans to compartmentalise the bin to collect and segregate the waste and convert green waste into compost. The team also plans to attach another sensor which notifies the authorities once the bin is filled up to 75% of its capacity so that they can come and empty the bin on time.
Achievements
- Youth Power 2017 team of AIS Saket installed smart bins in their school.
- Junior Astitva Samman Award* 2019 by the PHD Chambers was awarded to Arnav Gupta, Parth Khullar and Vasu Madan. They were selected from over 250 entries.
- * The award is given by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Women and Child Development Committee to encourage and motivate the students who have demonstrated innovations, leading to socio-economic upliftment of the society in general. The selection for the Samman is drawn from various schools within the Delhi / NCR.
Innovation: Smart Bin
Innovators: Arnav Gupta, Parth Khullar & Vasu Madan, AIS Saket, Class X
Mentor teacher: Anjana Wadhwa
Science made easy
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