My coworker and I are updating the site a bit to include the new tracked rovers. It may be in pieces until the morning. 
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Itās all thanks to my programmer I recently recruited to help me out. He designs and writes interactive safety programs for the Potash Mine he works for. I made the skin in XHTML to show him what I wanted. He made a GUI for me that looks just like it. We have the video feeds, arm control and wheel control interfaced but he is having some problems getting real-time feedback from my Data logger for voltage/amp draw, total draw, etc. Heās experimenting with other data loggers to try and get them working right now. Otherwise, itās performing effortlessly. I managed to interface a Memory card reader/recorder into the video system. Now I can save 3 hours of high res video in real-time on a 2gb SD memory card, Smart Card, USB Flash drive etc. Iām using 8GB Memory Sticks right now. Works awesome.
Just wondering, do you get those high quality color shots using the IR LED lighting?
im pretty sure he has a bunch of lights on the bot cause IR LEDs donāt allow the camera to see in color
It uses a combination of IR lights and 5mm 30,000 mcd LEDās.
The images are amazing. The camera sensors and assemblies were custom made by OmniCam specifically for the robot. They are amazing little cameras, and they even packed them into a tiny 3/4"X3/4" plastic case. They are epoxy sealed with external heatsinks. A pretty price tag on them too.
How much for the cameras?
I get a discount but I would guess that they would retail around $300 each. Which isnāt too bad since the CCD cameras on MARV were $2500 a piece.
For inexpensive board cams with decent quality, you might want to check the ones supercircuits have that have the Sony CCD chips.
if ur looking at those cameras u want something close to 420 tv for anything decent
and 0 LUX if u want to do anything about seeing in the dark or something similar
just a bit of advice ^^
Not every camera can be waterproofed due to heat dissipation. My cameras need to be capable of being fully submersed for extended periods of time. Wireless isnāt an option. And 2.4GhZ wireless isnāt possible underground.
My cameras on the Sewer Robot are CCD, 580 TV Lines, .45 lux @ F=1.2, 768 x 494.
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If anyone tried to use my Sewer Robot for what I think you are implying, they would be very disappointed. Did you see the picture of the wheels? Those suckers have some serious grip inā¦pipes. 
TMI! 
i think there great ,still alittle pricy for us hobbyist a lexan version might get some attention and u might try to see what u can come up with in the lawn mower area or if u feel lucky, hows a made in the USA asimo sound , probly not much of a market but it would be good publicity and wher are the UAV,s they got r/c heli,s that can carry 40lb,s stock , I,ll bet its in the works ,well i just got back from the Virgin islands and have the strong urge to buy a sail boat and sail the carribean ,so i think i,m gonna switch my robotics to navagation and obsticle avoidence , ive been playing with roborelm and it looks promissing i have all types of ideas on this ,well good luck and happy bottin