~5 hrs. 45 mins. of work in ~7 mins.
Spent a good chunk of time this week trying to get the OpenROV finished up. After a long day of wiring, fussing, the crimping of many Molex pins, and a harrowing unwinding and untangling session with the tether wire, I was able to finally plug everything in. It booted on the first power up! Next week I hope to get the motors wired up and working, and then we’ll throw it in the water and see what we can see.
I know what I’ll be doing for the next little while…
The New York Times Bits blog recently featured the OpenROV. From the article:
The machine is the latest prototype of the OpenROV–an open-source, remotely operated vehicle that could map the cave in 3D using software from Autodesk and collect water in places too tight for a diver to go.
It could change the future of ocean exploration.