This underwater robot was designed and built by four final year students of the Dept. of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering for their final year project. The hull, which was made in fiberglass was designed to a shape of a fish to reduce fluid resistance. There are two motors on either side of the hull to propel and steer the robot. The same propellers are driven in reverse direction to perform reverse motion. There are two vertically mounted propellers to climb and dive in water. These two motors can be used to control pitch. The water-tight camera, which is mounted on the forehead of the robot records HD video with the help of the underwater flash light. The robot is manually controlled by the operator whose commands are received by a floating unit, which sends the same commands to the robot through a cable. The robot is battery powered for about 40 minutes operating time. This project was proposed and supervised by Prof. Rohan Munasinghe and Mr. Charitha Makavita
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