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ROV – Part 2: The Hull
As said previously most people use PVC pipe for the hull construction, Looking round the internet for ideas I have come across Ian Leverington’s site ROV Robot Submariner, that sells a how to guide...
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ROV – Part 3: Control System
I have been playing with Microsoft Visio (My First ROV Visio File) to create a Drawing smiler to the one I found of BART. There are two things you may spot on my Schematic Diagram; My cunning use of...
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ROV – Part 4: Vision System
I picked up a Edimax Wired Network IP Camera from Maplins I wanted to evaluate it for the posibility of using them with my ROV Project (And Perhaps a Birdbox idea for my mum). At the moment its sat on...
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The moving of Projects
I have recently rethought about how I want to lay out my on-line presence. Since getting a job where I can do awesome things, and get paid for them, I am going to start putting more time and effort...
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Getting Node and Motion Jpeg onto a R-Pi
K-9 As part of my R-Pi K-9 I want to have a web browser interface, (also because I want to build an ROV) I don’t have a beaglebone black. Using a web browser as my interface will allow me to use my...
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Kort Nozzle test print
Kort Nozzle – Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) No. 37 My test print of the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) No. 37 profile. The Kort nozzle is based on the one from Tomi...
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Thoughts on Autodesk Fusion 360
Autodesk Fusion 360 A while ago I tried to design a 3D printed ROV hull, one of the problems of OpenSCAD is the difficulty of making cool organic or rounded shapes, while you do have access to both the...
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My first ROV
I finished my first ROV build today: LEGO City kit 60091 Now to get on with building one properly
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ROV for Sale
Over on Apollo Duck Paul Obernay is selling Benthic Pelagic‘s Road Mobile Underwater Robotic Vehicle Unit complete with a Seabotix LBV150-Gen 2 Mini ROV. The LBV 150 has the following specification:...
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Thoughts on Autodesk Fusion 360
Autodesk Fusion 360 A while ago I tried to design a 3D printed ROV hull, one of the problems of OpenSCAD is the difficulty of making cool organic or rounded shapes, while you do have access to both the...
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My first ROV
I finished my first ROV build today: LEGO City kit 60091 Now to get on with building one properly
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ROV for Sale
Over on Apollo Duck Paul Obernay is selling Benthic Pelagic’s Road Mobile Underwater Robotic Vehicle Unit complete with a Seabotix LBV150-Gen 2 Mini ROV. The LBV 150 has the following specification:...
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Another ROV for sale
Over on Facebook, Ed Vergalen is looking to sell a VideoRay Pro 4 Plus BASE ROV System for £29,950. Videoray Pro 4Blueview sonar C130ManipulatorHull Crawler KitLynn enhancing packageExtended Tether...
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Battery sledge for my ROV
A beautiful print using my roll of Filamentive grey filament, this is the battery and electronics sledge for my 3d Printed ROV. I am doing my design in fusion360, and printing the parts on our Prusa...
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Assembling the battery sledge
After the success of printing the sledge in the last post, It is now time to try and wire it up, I am using two of these Youmile 3S Battery Protection Board Modules, they claim to be capable of...
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Transparent ROV frame
I have been working on my DIY underwater ROV (remotely operated vehicle) for a fair while. It is going to be an underwater robot, sometimes people call them remote controlled submarines. I have moved...
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DIY underwater ROV
A Recent Render of Philip McGaw’s DIY ROV I can’t quite remember how long I have been interested in seeing what is under the water, I have been writing my thoughts about building an ROV on my old site...
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Pressure Vessel
ROV Pressure Vessel complete Since the electronics on my Remote Control ROV will be underwater, they need to be isolated from the water, and the subsequent water pressure, for this I am going to use a...
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ROV Viewport Dome
Further to my last post, where I was using “Under Pressure” by Deepsea to work out the performance of materials for the main pressure vessel of my ROV. I am going to look at the performance of the...
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ROV Pressure Vessel end cap and feed-throughs
In my previous two posts, Pressure Vessel and the Viewport, I talked about using the software “Under Pressure” by Deepsea to work out the performance of the Pressure Vessel tube, and the Viewport for...
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