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
Cook Islands Preparation Update
The team is working very hard to prepare for the trip, we are bringing 3 of our OpenROVs, and two our UAVs including Paul’s aerial mapping UAV. Our ROVs have all been through the ringer in the l... Read More
Preparing for the Cook Islands Trip!
In collaboration with our OpenROV/OpenExplorer friends from the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in the United Kingdom, Cal State Channel Islands will be travelling together to the capital island of Raroton... Read More
Ocean Floor Surveys Outside of the Refugio Oil Spill
On June 10th, we set out together with our partners at Santa Barbara Channel Keeper on their boat the R/V Channel Keeper. We headed to Naples Marine Protected Area (MPA), which is just a few miles do... Read More
DARPA Robotics Challenge 2015 part 2
The rest of the weekend progressed wonderfully the team had a lot of exposure at our booth in the expo We put our OpenROV, Leviathan into our demo tank, which was a hit with spectators and chil... Read More
DARPA Robotics Challenge 2015 Day 1
Our team was invited to have a booth at the DARPA Robotics Challenge at the Pomona Fairplex, next to Los Angeles, California. The event is a yearlong competition in which teams from top engineering u... Read More
First Glimpse of the Ocean Floor Near the Refugio Spill Site
We are interested in assessing the ocean floor near the oil spill site for the presence of any tarballs, oiled plant life, or signs of affected wildlife. After pursuing the proper channels, we were... Read More