Category: Tech Space

QYSEA just released a new version of the FIFISH APP for their V6 and V6S ROVs. Please update to this latest version on your mobile device before your next dive:

• Android: 4.5.17
• iOS: 1.0.7

Also check the latest firmware versions on your Remote Controller (RC) and ROV. To find your versions, connect your ROV to its tether and RC, power on, and connect your mobile device. “Go Dive” in the FIFIAH App and go to the Settings COG in the upper right corner. Scroll down and you will find the details for your firmware versions, as well as your ROV’s Serial Number (SN). The latest versions are:

• RC 1.0.7
• WiFi 20210220
• ROV 20210220.4144

The manufacturer has also recommended that you recalibrate the ROV and RC before each dive for maximum performance.

Happy diving!

Tekuma was awarded first-round funding from the Australian Government’s Boosting Female Founders Initiative to move forward with sovereign tooling and manufacturing of their patented drone controller, which is the basis of our ROVorb controller for the BlueROV2 and BlueROV2 Heavy.

Tekuma Tech is taking back the controls

Check out the “soft” AUV that a team of Chinese researchers have developed and tested in the Mariana Trench!

A BlueROV2 with Newton Gripper was used to release the little “mantabot” at depths of 8m and 70m during its testing phase, before the little flapper dove to 3,224m in the South China Sea and then 10,900m in the Mariana Trench.

Full article at: TechExplore 04mar21 and Nature.com

We have been working with UOW (University of Wollongong) and DPI (Department of Primary Industries, NSW) to film and sample benthic assemblages off the Wollongong coast, and plan to be back at it again next week.  We use our own customised ROV, dubbed Filmmaker, fitted with stereo cameras, a Newton Gripper, downward-facing cameras and lasers.  Filmmaker has been used for filming/sampling when the vessel is stationary, and as a controllable towed unit using a forward bridle.

Check out this new, underwater “trail camera” by SpotX that is triggered by a Vemco acoustic tag:

Similar to a wildlife trail camera, the Spot X underwater camera trap can trigger a camera based on a range of input stimuli. The first use-case triggers a GoPro Hero 8 Black using the ping recorded by a VEMCO/InnovaSea VR2 receiver. However the system is flexible and can interpret PWM, RS-232 or any other analog sensor signal, and can be customised to work with many other cameras.

spotx.com.au/underwater-camera-trap/underwater-camera-trap