GOLDRIVERBOT01
Survey
Fuse sonar, camera, depth, flow and track odometry into a local riverbed map.
Autonomous aquatic prospecting · Alaska
Follow the river.
Find the signal.
GoldRiverBot is a proposed tracked crawler for supervised research in rocky rivers: map the bed, rank conductive anomalies, collect evidence, and leave a traceable record for the people who recover it.
Explore the design →Watch the concept filmThe idea
A river robot built around evidence.
The design combines bottom traction, protected sensing, occasional buoyancy maneuvers, and conservative AI decision-making. It is not a magic gold finder: each “find” is a graded hypothesis that must survive calibration, sample verification, permits, and recovery.
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Rank
Score geomorphic traps and pulse-induction anomalies without confusing conductive trash for gold.
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Verify
Collect a small sample, inspect the concentrate, preserve uncertainty, and mark only what is defensible.
A concept, not a claim
Designed for the hard parts of real water.
The preliminary specification calls out the uncomfortable constraints: underwater GPS does not work, floating drift cannot steer laterally without thrust, PI detects conductive metal rather than gold specifically, and months-long endurance depends on measured energy budgets.
Every page on this site separates a proposed capability from an acceptance test. The next step is controlled tank, flume, and shallow-stream validation—not unattended deployment.
