Sea Otter Robot (S.O.R)
This otter shaped, remote-controlled machine swims in the ocean collecting trash. It is powered by plant power and, really cleverly, the CO2 is filtered in through the ears and farted out safely as oxygen. Linden designed this to protect the vaquitas—an endangered porpoise.
Keep scrolling to see the story of this amazing invention!
Invention Story
It collects trash. It brings invasive fish home. It's controlled from a ship! In it are plants. They eat CO2 and fart out oxygen! The CO2 goes in the ear filters and the oxygen goes out the ear filters.
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Linden has been using the Inventor's Log to think more about his idea and to tell us what he has learned about the ocean. We love the drawing that he has done of himself swimming with a vaquita.
S.O.R. cleaning the ocean
This is part of the opening sequence, a sea made of cut out paper!
Linden has created this great comic of the Sea Otter Robot (S.O.R) in action!
S.O.R. guiding vaquitas away from fish hook
This is a rough sketch of how the Sea Otter Robot will guide the vaquitas with a sign, helping ...
Linden met with animator Sofia on a video call and saw how the animation of the Sea Otter Robot was starting to take shape and got to add ideas on details how the idea would be brought to life.
Invasive species
I decided to draw a few crabs as the invasive species, they will be eating the sea weeds and disturbing other fish, so the ...
Colourful Fish animation
This is a small animation to show some really colourful fish that live under the sea, an example of many of the ...
Sea Otter Robot
With Linden's help, I designed the S.O.R. with bright colours that help signal other animals for danger! The eyes have dots ...
We hope that Linden continues to use his curiosity and great problem solving skills to create more great inventions.
