Homebuilt ROVs Forum

I've actually completely redesigned this UUV the new one is about twice the size. The PI was going to run Robot operating system and send PWM controls for the fins and motor. Ive gone in a different direction though I'm going to use a RPI running ROS and a Pixhawk. New UUV runs off of 4 12v 9AH batt...

For my next AUV I am going to 3D print the body mold out of PVA and do a layup of a mix of Carbon fiber and fiberglass because I want a rounded rectangle body a cylinder is the best design. Steel and aluminum is much cheaper and you wont have to add much weight after you add the batteries and electr...

I have little updates now. So far I have loaded ROS (robot operating system) on the RPI and have been slowly building the battery pack out of 18650’s. I designed a mast to put the GPS and wifi antenna and 3D printed a mold, however when I cast the mast in epoxy it failed (a lot of lessons learned th...

Battery on board is the best bet. You will have major voltage drop unless you use at least 10 ga wire. I would look into 18650 cells, they are cheap and easy to build battery packs out of.

I recommend using a raspberry pi with a servo/pwm hat and a ethernet cable as a tether. Reason being you'll need decent bandwidth to steam the video back and you can control it from a laptop.

UUV is coming along nicely. Still haven't gotten to playing with programming it yet I’d like to have everything physically built before that. I have been working on converting a fish finder into an altimeter.

I don't know what I'll do with it yet. Trying to figure out a few things with 3d sonar. Coding is going to be the worst thing for this.

Quick update, electronics tray finished working on mounting the electronics and building out the PCB boards. Next mile stone is building the battery pack out of 18650’s.

Hello fellow nerds. This is my UUV project, the design is pretty basic this was a no brainer to build in CAD and build in real life. Unlike a ROV It’s life isn't easily saved by pulling on a tether but rather how well the code is that I write for it. Here are some pictures of the build. I will go in...

You can use a rpi to stream video over ethernet, and control ESCs /servos with a PWM hat. I would look into adrusub which is pretty much a Rpi hooked up to drone flight controller with free ROV software. All you have to do is design your ROV around its motor configuration.