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Engineering the Future of Clean, Healthy Lakes

Every clear lake protects more than water; it protects health, recreation, and the investments built around its shoreline.

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 Lake Robots for HAB Control

                   Autonomous Lake Robots That Prevent Blooms

                                Before They Become a CrisIs

Oxybot patrols your lake 24/7, detecting algae, bacteria, and nutrient hotspots before they become visible scums or health advisories. Through an electrophoresis-based innovation, it gently guides and gathers microscopic algae toward its intake, where a controlled release of aluminum—functioning as a smart, on‑board version of traditional alum—binds with the phosphorus that feeds harmful blooms and locks it out of circulation. This aluminum treatment chemistry emulates the proven success of landmark projects such as Lake Ketchum in Washington State, USA, where long‑term phosphorus reduction and clear‑water conditions have been achieved through aluminum‑based restoration.

Algae Bloom MITIGATION

We target algae before it blooms, helping to keep lakes clean and safe for communities, and lakefront property owners.

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Bacteria Control

We target harmful bacteria like E. coli, supporting efforts  to ensure healthier water for swimmers and safer lakes for your community.

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Swimmer’s Itch Prevention

We target swimmer’s itch at its source, making lake water more comfortable and enjoyable for residents, visitors, and families.

The Evolution of Oxybot

Stopping HABs at Their Source

                     Hydraulic Cavitation and Plasma Oxidation

                       PREVENTING Blooms Before They Surface

Algal blooms are not just a surface problem—they are driven by subsurface processes below the thermocline, where rising spring filaments and gas‑filled vesicles interact with elevated dissolved nutrients to set up bloom conditions. Oxybot targets this root layer, herding and intercepting buoyant cells as they rise and drawing them into its electro‑cavitation chamber for treatment before they can form surface scums.​

Inside the chamber, aluminum electrocoagulation releases Al³⁺ that rapidly forms aluminum hydroxide flocs, binding dissolved phosphate into stable mineral phases while enmeshing algae and particles into a single, stable floc stream. Hydraulic cavitation ruptures algal cell walls, deflates buoyancy vesicles, and generates intense shear, while plasma‑generated oxidants attack photosynthetic pigments, reaction centers, and cyanotoxins—shutting down growth and detoxifying the treated water.​

As the treated plume leaves Oxybot, a visible trail of aluminum–phosphate–algae floc settles toward the sediments, locking phosphorus away from the water column and reducing internal loading over time. By combining algae herding, cellular destruction, toxin oxidation, and aluminum‑based nutrient extraction in a single autonomous platform, each pass reduces both immediate bloom risk and the long‑term recycling that has traditionally kept lakes trapped in a cycle of recurring HABs.

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Turning Lakes Into Climate Assets

                                         AI‑Directed HAB Control

When oxygen drops and phosphorus accumulates in stratified basins, lakes flip from carbon sinks to powerful methane sources, amplifying climate impacts far beyond their surface area. Oxybot is designed to intervene directly in this chemistry by restoring oxygen, removing phosphorus by aluminum electrocoagulation, and stabilizing redox conditions so that sediments remain a long‑term sink rather than a source.​

Through targeted nanobubble aeration and circulation cycles, Oxybot raises dissolved oxygen in critical bottom zones while its aluminum‑based electrochemical processes strip phosphorus at the molecular level and bind it into redox‑stable mineral phases. As oxygen returns, methanotrophic microbes consume methane before it escapes, bound phosphorus stays locked in the sediments, and clear‑water conditions become easier to maintain season after season.​

Unlike dredging or broad‑scale chemical dosing, this robotic approach is continuous, autonomous, and evidence‑driven, responding to real‑time sensor data instead of fixed schedules. Each Oxybot unit turns a previously unmanaged basin into an actively controlled carbon, nutrient, and water‑quality system, offering one of the most accessible “low‑hanging fruit” opportunities for natural methane suppression and climate‑positive lake management.

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target Harmful Algae Before It Starts

Invest in protection now to preserve your lake for years to come.

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Ion Works Inc (Cedar Aquaculture Research and Development facility)
3145 Headland Road
Nanaimo, British Columbia V9X1N8, Canada
Oxybot Robotics 250 619 9299
Oxybot Robotics 250 729 5428
Email lawrence@ionworks.ca

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Mon–Fri: By Appointment
Sat–Sun: Closed

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