Fresh hacks every day
PVC hull, SLA batteries, Bilge Pumps, sounds like a good start to [Jimmy's] ROV project. Paintball gun (as a BCD), dual live cameras paired with an Arduino making it internet controlled, all tethered with a fiber optic cable, sounds like [Jimmy's] ROV got a whole lot more astounding. While some very important parts have yet to be implemented, like the leak detectors, the project looks to be … [Read more...]
[Daniel] sent us over to the blog for the Naval Academy's Autonomous underwater vehicle entry for the AUVSI competition. You can follow along as they design, build, and test this years entry. It really looks like it would be fun to be the guy who gets to swim with them, like in the latest post in their blog. Their entry, named "Awkward turtle" can be seen above in orange, pictured with their 5th … [Read more...]
[SpaceShipOne] has built this very nice looking under water ROV. It is still a work in progress, but nearly complete. This ROV is a fairly simple construction. most of the body parts are held together using zip ties. There's no microcontroller and no custom boards. He's using a radio control transceiver that was intended for airplanes to control some standard speed controllers and … [Read more...]
Here's an interesting grabber hand built for use on an ROV. This grabber is a novel use of a very common and extremely cheap electric screwdriver, that is probably found in everyone's toolbox. It is also a great way to reuse that small electric screwdriver you have kicking around that uses proprietary batteries that are not worth replacing. Many of the ROV's covered previously could benefit from … [Read more...]
Underwater cameras can produce some amazing photography, but who wants to pay for housing if you can make something yourself? This underwater camera housing on Instructables doesn't require a specific container, allowing you to choose anything you have around the house that's watertight and large enough to fit your camera. A finger from a glove is added so you can still operated the controls. A … [Read more...]
Subscribe for weekly videos
Recent comments