Mechanical Engineer, Submarine Veteran, UC Berkeley Student

Underwater Remote Operated Vehicle

Problem

Have a remotely operated submersible that could give a live video feed back.

Design

The first large project of the Laney Engineering Club, an underwater ROV that could relay live video to a user and moved with a set of 6 thrusters. Communication worked from a PlayStation controller to an arduino, which radioed to a receiver on a buoy, where a tether connected to an arduino in the water tight compartment.

The ROV had a dry compartment rated to 100ft that housed the batteries, camera, microcontroller and other various electronics. Design of custom parts was kept to a minimum to reduce cost. Mechanical and electrical components were modeled using OnShape.

This projected was completed with Jennifer Stone, Jacob Ahmed, Noah Brown, and Aaron Rogachevsky.