My Gripper solution
Posted: Aug 22nd, 2013, 1:02 pm
Some of you may know about these, but I just found them. This is mostly likely the design I will be going with when I finish my ROV.
I will be using this gripper: http://www.crustcrawler.com/products/gr ... hp?prod=13
It can use a Hitec HS-645MG servo, which I will be waterproofing, as seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWncPVO1o7s
A cool feature of this gripper is that it has a mounting plate above the gripper "fingers" to mount a light or secondary camera. The gripper is also made out of anodized aluminum, so it will not rust or degrade. I will probably mount it on the end of a PVC tube and have it sticking out the front of my ROV. I might even use a second servo to have a rotating wrist function. This video is a good example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_15aucM5Pc
It would probably be a good idea to upgrade the stock plastic servo horn for the wrist servo with an aluminum horn like this one: http://www.servocity.com/html/standard_hub_horn.html
I will be using this gripper: http://www.crustcrawler.com/products/gr ... hp?prod=13
It can use a Hitec HS-645MG servo, which I will be waterproofing, as seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWncPVO1o7s
A cool feature of this gripper is that it has a mounting plate above the gripper "fingers" to mount a light or secondary camera. The gripper is also made out of anodized aluminum, so it will not rust or degrade. I will probably mount it on the end of a PVC tube and have it sticking out the front of my ROV. I might even use a second servo to have a rotating wrist function. This video is a good example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_15aucM5Pc
It would probably be a good idea to upgrade the stock plastic servo horn for the wrist servo with an aluminum horn like this one: http://www.servocity.com/html/standard_hub_horn.html