Deep Trekker and ROV Practice

Today we again travled to the Chelsea Pool to test not only our ROV,but also the Deep Trekker.

 

With a quick packup and drive to Chelsea, we unloaded and got set up.

Team members Jeremy, Blake, Maddy and Emma setting up the ROV.



To better prepare ourselves for working on the boat, we sectioned off the approximate size of the workspace availble on the water.

Working within the "boat"

 

Using our checklists we were able to smoothly assemble the robot and the video monitring box.

After adjusting the bouyancy and turning on the GoPros, the ROV was ready for take off.

Engineering Team member Blake Jackson lowering the ROV into the pool.

At the pool we were visited by BentProp member Flip Colmer who we will be joining up with in Palau.

Mr. Richards with BentProp member Flp Colmer

Within a few minutes of driving we realized that one of the thrusters wasn't responding.

We took it out and tried to trouble shoot the issue. Jeremy opened up the electronics housing to see if he could better understand what the problem was. After trying a few different things, we soon realized that the ESC wasn't calibrated correctly. The engineering team then was able to re-calibrate the ESC and get the robot back in the water.

 

 

Aside from our ROV we also took the Deep Trekker ROV to the pool. We made sure to give everyone a chance to pilot it.

 



Team Leader Chloe Hypes with the new ROV