Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle
Scott O'Brien has blogged about an underwater robot he has built for his final year individual project at the University of Westminster using a couple mbed microcontrollers.
The craft consists of a PVC frame and uses seven modified bilge pump motors to level and move the vehicle.
As well as controlling the motors, the LPC1768 mbed in the bottom controller interfaces various sensors including an IMU board fitted with a 3-axis accelerometer, a 3-axis gyroscope, a 3-axis magnetometer, and a micro-SD card socket.
The top controller features an LCD display with two analog thumb joysticks to manoeuvre and uses RS232 to interface the ROV.
Read Scott's blog here
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