Comments on: Cambridge Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

By: jeditalian

jeditalian — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:05:19 +0000

unless you changed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle UAV into Underwater Assault Vehicle.. fantastic example of UAV construction.
i wouldnt mind fitting an RC helicopter or gas powered RC plane with a little .22 turret and cam that keeps the accuracy.. accurate.
GUNS IN THE SKY
but for underwater.. specially designed crossbowtorpedos. they dont have to explode, just fly straight through water, for close range underwater bloodshed, which attracts sharks to the target.
better get those bulletproof scubasuits

By: Vehicle Info

Vehicle Info — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:32:31 +0000

Why doesnt my “estimated gas milage” make sense? I will fill up my tank on my 2009 Ford Edge and it says 392 miles to empty but by the time it goes empty I only got 290 miles or so… Where is the other estimated 100 miles it’s so annoying!

By: matt

matt — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:33:30 +0000

The build quality is awesome, in my opinion they’d deserve a prize just for that, but I’d change both the operating system and the mainboard: Ubuntu server isn’t the best thing for a nearly embedded platform, and you can get enough power to process camera data in a board that consumes less than 1/4 of a 1GHz pico-ITX.
Perhaps, being sponsored by Schlumberger, they chose the quickest way to solve the problem without being concerned about expenses.

By: captain

captain — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:06:26 +0000

This reminds me of the torpedoes in the movies “Crimson Tide” and “The Hunt for Red October”.

With a few design changes, this can be turned into a missile. We can build our own WMD’s now! Just like the pros!

DOD? CIA? NSA? Are you reading this?

Amazing times we live in. Amazing times.

By: 3a

3a — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:53:11 +0000

“your license will expire in 7 days”

“Your activation period has expired”

Windows.. LoL

By: robo

robo — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:50:08 +0000

anything of value on their website is forbidden.

By: Man On Fire

Man On Fire — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:07:47 +0000

sounds like they threw too much money at the problem.

By: GatorSean

GatorSean — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:03:55 +0000

Sweet! I actually used to be on a AUV team that attended this same competition. Of course our team was the elite and dominating team SubjuGator (UF), the first team to win the competition three years in a row (2005-2007)… Our bot has used full x86 computers for several years now. We also run Windows! Robot Studio and Windows drivers kick major ass compared to wasting time with the Free/OSS stuff that makes you jump through never ending hoops…

Visit http://www.subjugator.org for details on a three time world champion design instead of reading up on how to make a leaking torpedo! I kid! I kid!

By: RT (Panzer Time!)

RT (Panzer Time!) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:33:35 +0000

I was going to say the exact same thing as matt.

By: Gryphin

Gryphin — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:20:07 +0000

Beautiful work. really kickass stuff.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:00:22 +0000

Small point: these ‘bots are AUVs or in the military context UUVs. Never referred to as UAVs – those fly, not swim.