Open-source search robot "OpenROV" which may rewrite the history of marine survey

There is a rumor that the treasure is sinking in the underwater cave near our house ... ... From the idea that somehow it can not be investigated? "That really made a robot capable of underwater exploration This is "OpenROV". Everyone can easily make it with DIY, and it is open source, and it has a far-reaching goal that everyone becomes an ocean explorer.

OPENROV
http://openrov.com/

OpenROV - The Open Source Underwater Robot by OpenROV - Kickstarter

The two developers got OpenROV


The appearance looks like this



The total length is 30 cm


Height is 15 cm, width is 20 cm


Two propellers for propulsion are installed on the back


And on the top there is one diving propeller


How powerful is 8 AA batteries


Close the cap tightly


Options can be installed between the arms at the front of the main unit


GoPro's small cameraTwo units installed


Bars can be placed horizontally at intervals of 5 cm between the arms


Since it is an assembly type, it is easy to remove the body camera itself


Here is the camera image


To the mountains with snow ... ....


Lights up the light ......


Go to exploration of the underground lake



There is no problem in underwater use


Here is the state of the parts before assembly


Eric Stackpole said that there is an underwater cave near my house, if I can easily explore underwater by anyone ... I figured it out. The weight of the main body is about 2.5 kg, it is possible to dive down to a depth of 100 m.


Actually, the operation test was carried out in the water with a depth of 20 m. As mentioned above, the power of 8 AAA batteries, 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes move. If you thought about moving for a longer time it would be possible if you installed a large capacity battery, but it was battery-powered that I wanted to be able to move it with something you can easily get anywhere.


The moving speed is 1 m per second (3.6 km / h). It seems that you are looking for a propeller that goes more efficiently.


By the way, the operation method can be operated with the keyboard with the same feeling as the game. We are also developing an interface that uses a USB game controller.

In this movie, you can see how OpenROV actually goes underwater in the underwater camera view.

OpenROV Meets the OpenWATER on Vimeo


The project has already collected $ 70,000 (about 5.56 million yen) exceeding the target amount by inviting investment at Kickstarter.com. Although it is not on the market yet, I'd like to let this sink in various places ... By the way, although the market price is unknown, OpenROV kit will be sent to those who invest 775 dollars (about 60,000 yen) by Kicksterter and OpenROV (assembled) will be sent to those who invested 1200 dollars (about 95,000 yen) It is.

◆ 2012/07/21 14:45 Addendum
I added a new movie so I added it.

OpenROV Explores Aquarius - YouTube