Remote Underwater Exploration
We were so incredibly excited to send video LIVE from a BlueROV2 underwater in Sydney (Pittwater and Manly) to Sydney’s Westmead Hospital and The Queensland’s Children’s Hospital Starlight Express Rooms for the Starlight Children’s Foundation Australia. It was AWESOME to bring such a unique and exciting collaborative experience to children who couldn’t otherwise go snorkel or explore themselves.
When using a different size battery in your BlueROV2, make sure to update your battery parameters in QGroundControl. To do this, with your ROV powered up and connected to your topside computer, go to the QGC’s Vehicle Setup page, BATT, BATTERY_CAPACITY and enter the correct value in mAhr.
The factory default is 18000 for Blue Robotics’ 18Ahr battery.
We had a great time earlier this week, exploring with our BlueROV2 around the old Manly Aquarium at low tide. There was a lot of swell but also a lot of large fish, hiding in the shadows of the wharf.
There are more and more STEM programs emerging, focusing on underwater robotics challenges for students. Here is a quick list:
The University of North Carolina Wilmington is working with NOAA to create coral maps in the Caribbean using a Mohawk ROV
“…the ship maps the seafloor using a multi-beam system during the night and our team groundtruths the multi-beam during the day,” said Jason White, one of two remotely operated vehicle (ROV) pilots, or technicians, on the team. “So the multi-beam will show all of the features and we will take the ROV to investigate these features.”
Full article at: Starnewsonline.com 17jul19