Abstract: Disclosed systems, devices, and methods support an automated dynamic way to reversibly span the surface of a waterway, and may include deploying a floating boom and catch bin to redirect and capture floating waste before it reaches the terminus of the waterwaye; detecting, by a sensor suite, impending boat traffic; activating, by a control system, one or more actuating line motors for one or more closing lines; verifying, by the control system, a closed configuration; verifying, by the control system, whether a battery bank charge is above a required threshold, where if the battery bank charge falls below the required threshold then the system remains in the closed configuration; activating, by the control system, one or more actuating line motors for one or more opening lines if the battery bank charge is above the required threshold; and verifying, by the control system, an open configuration of the system.

Abstract: An apparatus can comprise multiple links, the multiple links comprising at least a first link, a second link, a third link, and a base link, each of the multiple links comprising a rigid sheet, the first link being hingedly coupled to the second link via a first joint, the second link being hingedly coupled to the third link via a second joint, the third link being hingedly coupled to the base link via a third joint, the base link being hingedly coupled to the first link via a fourth joint. The multiple links defining at least a portion of a cylinder when the apparatus is in a stowed position, the first joint, second joint, third joint, and fourth joint being aligned parallel to each other and aligned parallel to a longitudinal axis of the cylinder.