A dive droning "OpenROV Trident" that can dive to 100 meters

In 2012Open source search robot that may rework the history of marine researchIt appeared in Kickstarter as "OpenROV"As a diving drone which further improved it, the developer of"OpenROV Trident"Was developed.

OpenROV Trident - An Underwater Drone for Everyone by OpenROV - Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/openrov/openrov-trident-an-underwater-drone-for-everyone


First of all, you can see what kind of spots it is by seeing this movie with a single shot.


OpenROV is made in the workplace.


OpenROV Trident that appeared underwater with Donbon.


I went forward a great momentum.


Its movement is quite light, and it turns direction.


It also jumps like this when it gets strongly emerged.


The picture taken with that OpenROV Trident looks something like this.


Using a head mounted display may make you feel like you are searching the ocean floor.


The OpenROV Trident suite fits perfectly in this way in this way.


The size of the OpenROV Trident is 400 mm × 200 mm × 80 mm. The weight is 2.9 kg and the diving ability is 100 m, but since the enclosed cable is 25 m, if you want to make it deeper deeper, you need an optional cable. Maximum speed is 2 m / s (7.2 km / h), continuous driving time is 3 hours.


Compared with the previous OpenROV (left), it looks something like this, it's downsized quite a bit.


OpenROV Trident has made many prototypes over two years and this time we are recruiting funds for design finalization and tuning with Kickstarter.

Rewards according to investment amount
One dollar (about 120 yen):Mailing list subscription
$ 10 (about 1200 yen):Beta tester right of remote control over the net
$ 25 (about 3010 yen):Red beanie cap(Same as those sold at online shop)
$ 949 (about 114,000 yen):OpenROV Tridet main unit, 25 m cable, wireless buoy
And so on, early application discount has already reached the capacity limit.

The deadline for investing in OpenROV Trident is 15:59 on October 31, 2015 (Sat).