January 2015 – Remotely Piloted Systems Research Blog

Day 3 at the Research Station

Posted on January 20, 2015 by pirateaarr

Unfortunately we lost the satellite internet on the Island, so we will be releasing our multi-day diary of our expedition. Day 3: The Channel Islands have been called the northern Gallapagos. The isla... Read More

Santa Rosa Islands Research!

Posted on January 16, 2015 by pirateaarr

Days 1 and 2: Team members Paul and Jay have arrived at Santa Rosa Island Research Station and met with team members Blake and Chris. We were greeted with a pleasant surprise — the station now h... Read More

OpenROV Modifications

Posted on January 11, 2015 by pirateaarr

Since our team received OpenROV #1 (Bucket) the team has struggled with the issues of it being constructed with the wrong adhesives, we decided for safety sake that we would no longer deploy it until ... Read More

Happy New Year from the AARR!

Posted on January 9, 2015 by pirateaarr

After a brief holiday hiatus, we are back! Though we have been quiet on social media outlets, we have been hard at work. Quantitative testing of ROV attributes has begun, and the OpenROVs have undergo... Read More