Here is an ROV built for the National Underwater Robotics Challenge. This video clip shows the mission and then shows one of the teams, Carl hayden High School, Falcon Roboitics team's ROV, Amanda going through its mission at 4 x the speed. You can learn more about this competition at www.h2orobots.org
Students at the school spen three months designing and building this rov based on the legacy knowledge from the four years prior experience.for pictures of the construction
It is a 36 LED cluster encased in clear resin like thise used in ecasing spiders or models. There is a PVC sleeve in the back that is filled with 3M Scotch Cast, it is a black liguid rubber mix that is in two parts initially but can be mixed and then it becomes solid rubber in 30 min. We embeded a Subconn wetmateable connector in the PVC while we poured the Scitch Cast in so we can replace by connecting and disconnecting it.We use LED light becauseof the low power consumption and because of the nature of the light it produces. It is great for underwater cameras. Too much light and harsh light like incandecents are no good due to the "hot spots" they create. The LED create more of an ambient light.
I guess I should put a few more links to these items on the post. I will do that soon. Thanks again for letting us post.
The silcone you see is just in case the Scootch Cast pulled away from the PVC. Insurance!
Hi, My highschool also has an ROV team we participate in the mate competition. I was intrested in what kind of Manipulator Arms you used on this ROV. We have tried many things, but there either impossible to waterproof or just don’t work. Thanks for any help!
