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S1000 Octocopter is Near Completion
Our new aerial unit, the DJI S1000 Octocopter, is only a couple of tweaks away from completion. This unit was added to our ESRM aerial library to allow our new LiDAR unit to be used. The LiDAR unit wi... Read More
Weekly AARR Meeting: 2/12/16
Today marked our second weekly AARR meeting since our lead technician Paul Spaur moved on to his new career. Despite missing Paul, he luckily left our lab in pristine working order and left us with ... Read More
Next Gen OpenROV
Our friends up at OpenROV have (almost) formally opened up their new Kickstarter project to fund their next generation ROV named Trident. This was the unit vetted this summer up in Lake Tahoe.... Read More
Service Learning
I may have spoken a bit too soon about having stable internet! The heavy work load, coupled with a very congested, slow and often unavailable internet connection has led to slow posting. Two of the ma... Read More
Next Steps
After having a successful trial of the bio-fluorescence sensor package for the ROV, we made some adjustments to the payload. We improved the balance and the lights and did three 50 meter zig-zag night... Read More
Finally moving forward!
The team now has a somewhat reliable internet connection and will now have more frequent updates. The team split up this morning, half of the team joined the other sandy beach ecology group, and the r... Read More
We made it!
We’ve arrived to the Cook Islands and met up with Guy Trimby from Plymouth Marine Laboratory in the UK. Communications have been difficult due to limited internet, and we’ve had a pretty p... Read More
Cook Islands Preparation Update #2 Yesterday 07/21/15 After further investigation, we found that many of our ROVs had several small nicks in the wires. This allowed salt water to enter the plastic jac... Read More