The New York Times Bits blog recently featured the OpenROV. From the article: The machine is the latest prototype of the OpenROV–an open-source, remotely operated vehicle that could map the cave in 3D using software from Autodesk and collect water … Continue reading
I had a good conversation with David from OpenROV this morning. We talked about potential partnerships, and I shared information about the Watershed Education Summit (WES), a project involving various El Dorado County high schools, the state Water Resources Control … Continue reading
This little beauty is the OpenROV. From the site: OpenROV is a Do It Yourself telerobotics community centered around underwater exploration and education. We have developed a low-cost telerobotic submarine that can be built with mostly off-the-shelf parts. The goal of OpenROV … Continue reading
The quadcopter controllers arrived – specifically, a pair of Spektrum DX8s. They’re complex-looking things, with numerous switches and dials. They also have a sweet screen that will (as I understand it) display telemetry data. I put in a requisition for … Continue reading
The trip to Parallax referenced in the previous post was a fruitful one indeed, as we (Folsom Lake College) ended up being the recipient of a sweet, brand new Propellor QuadRover. The bot is a burly little beast, a sturdy … Continue reading
Spent the morning at Parallax, meeting with various folks and talking about partnership opportunities and that sort of thing. Nick (he’s working on the ELEV=8 platform, and he’s helped me a great deal, answering technical questions and providing guidance) flew … Continue reading
Chance favors the connected mind. -Stephen Johnson So I had this idea. Perhaps it’s more appropriate to say “we” had this idea. More about that below. About 40 seconds into this video, it hit me: use quadcopters to gather high … Continue reading
I need to write this up in greater detail, but in the meantime, here’s a link to the draft proposal (including a link to the draft budget) – https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i5Fo_P5MNqcYcky2fmLrxdTJTAcwuZm9qx5qpCFVGcw/edit … Continue reading