1. Protei
Sailing robot to explore and clean the ocean
Sponsorship Proposal, April 2014
Cesar HARADA, Protei CEO
contact@cesarharada.com
http://goo.gl/lBLZBT

2. The Ocean is Dying

3. The problems

4. BP Oil Spill, 2010

5. Human health impact

6. Lamma Island, HK

7. Oil Spill Plastic Radioactivity Acidification Overfishing

8. Sailing Robots

9. Wind powered robot
Collect data
Clean up

10. Shape Shifting hull

11. Physics
Modular
Extendable

12. Airbus A319
NASA Boeing “Flexible wing
control [...] Weight reductions of
25% and aspect-ratio increases
of 30-40% for cantilever wings”.
Enter service 2025
The future of Aero & Hydrodynamics

13. 5.7 m Long
3-5 knots avg speed
100 kg payload
2100 N miles in 34 days
<30’000 USD / day
Not commercial yet
2.9 m Long
1-2 knots avg speed
45 kg payload
6 months
250’000 USD
Commercial
Size
Speed
Payload
Endurance
Price
Status
WaveGlider Saildrone Protei
4 m Long
1-3 knots avg speed
50 kg payload
needs further testing
770 USD
Beta release April 2014
Competition

14. Assembled : 1280 USD Kit : 770 USD
Affordable Products

15. 2. Technology
1. Money
3. People
4. Nature
2. People
1. Nature
3. Technology
4. Money
Conventional Business Protei (environmental) Business
Protei order of priorities

16. R&D : Global Social Network
Technology : Shape-Shifting Sailing Modular Robot
Intellectual Property : Open Hardware for the Ocean
1
2
3
Disruptive autonomous sailing robots. Lower cost for ocean science and clean up. Maximum impact.
We are different

17. Media Opportunity

18. Protei + Sponsor (you)

19. Branding
● Product, prototype, missions, events, website, publications
● Associate with #Innovation #Environment #OpenSource
● Share expertize

20. In 3 years : hundred of boats at sea1. In 3 years : hundred robots at sea

21. Cesar HARADA (HK) : Former MIT project leader, GOOD and IBM Figure of Progress.
Gabriella Levine (SF) : Google X Developer
2. Reinforce our Global team

22. Office (while building robots) Workshop
3. Upgrade Protei headquarters in Hong Kong

23. Hardware (Boat)
Software (on-board “intelligence” + Android app / HTML5 control board)
Data (Radioactivity, Plastic, oil, overfishing...)
Analysis
Community (website)
2014 2015 2016 2017
Roadmap

24. Pioneer ocean innovation with Protei

25. Cesar HARADA, Protei CEO
contact@cesarharada.com
http://goo.gl/IAE9V5
Explore Protect Oceans
Protei

26. Hardware
Software
Data
Analysis
Community
2014 2015 2016 2017
Sponsorship spending
25k U$D 250k U$D 500k U$D
Increase headcount, location & tools, missions, education

27. Market Target
Kids Hobby
Citizen
Scientist
Scientist Industry Governments Army