Sustainability

IPB Student Creates Marine Drones to Keep the Sea from Foreign Ships

The rise of illegal fishing by foreign vessels shows that the sovereignty of Indonesia’s marine areas is highly vulnerable. This can increase tensions in the Asia-Pacific region, which is also very potential to cause conflicts that threaten Indonesia’s sovereignty. Starting from the problem, three Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) students designed an autonomous vessel that can keep the sovereignty of Indonesia’s sea territory from the threat of entry of foreign ships known as Swarm-Ship. They are Chaidar Aji Nugroho, Ahya Mudah Siti Rohmawati and Ahmad Vidura, students of the Department of Marine Science and Technology (FPIK), under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Ir. Indra Jaya, MSc.

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