Homebuilt ROVs Forum

I think this is the big question: <snip>Are the accelerometers even sensitive enough for this sort of navigation? <snip> Essentially the question is: At what point does it acclimate to 'stasis' In humans, balance adjusts very quickly to the environment we're in and I think the 9-DOF boards they have...

Check it out https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A2KLqIVq5y9VYT0Amt0snIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTFlYWp2NTUzBHNlYwNzYwRzbGsDaHF2aWQEdnRpZAMEdmlkAzAwMDE0Njk3Nzc5OQRncG9zAzE-?p=nautilus+video+whale&vid=000146977799&l=4%3A25&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fd4.yimg.com%2Fsr%2Fvideo%2Fthm-300x300%2F3ae1d7384...

a_shorething :Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible." Mary McLeod Bethune I assume this is referring to my comment about controlling an ROV using a laptop from a kayak. I find that Newton cancels out Bethune... :) Maybe I should have said 'prohibitively difficult a...

Damn dude!!!! I'll take two of them.

That is some serious artwork right there.

OK, as promised, I'm posting some code that actually works here. It's version .01 or something like that because it's just a test and my goal was twofold: 1. Get it working to verify that I could read codes directly from an XBOX controller via an Arduino and send it somewhere. 2. Get some motors tur...

Very cool work. I LIKE!

I thought about doing that embedding thing with the magnet setup I'm working on too, just wasn't sure if I wanted to have to tear each one apart when I need a new design (those rare earth magnets are expensive!) .

Can't wait to see it in practice!

OK, so I got the USB host shield wired up and working with an XBOX 360 controller. I bought the shield from Sparkfun and it seems that their version of the USB host shield requires a bit of a 'hack'. You need a jumper from D7<>RST pin on the shield for it to work. Once I found that little trick it w...

Ha as long as I get there in the end I'm happy... Life work and stuff do get in the way so I can certainly see why the scientists in days of old locked themselves in basements for weeks at a time... You could also argue if you have the other sensor data on board then why not show it.. But it would ...

Perfo, That sounds really cool. You're like a dog with a bone, you just don't give up! For the pitch/yaw/roll, I wasn't going to do that either but I was thinking about it and there are times (in my local waters anyway) when I've been on the way down or back up when there was no point of reference a...

Wow awesome work!!!

You make us real amateurs look bad, but it's also inspiring. Can't wait to see some video!