Homebuilt underwater robot

 

Research

Requirements

I would like to explore rather deep and cold places (see Exploration section). The temperature of the water in Baltic Sea is 1–22°C.

Interesting wrecks are at 50–80m.
I assume that the robot should work in the following environment:

  1. Maximum depth: 100m
  2. Minimum temperature: 0°C

The main problem will be the pressure 10bar at 100m.

Equipment

  1. ATmega32 control unit
  2. high sensitivity B/W camera
  3. color camcorder
  4. Pan and Tilt unit for B/W camera
  5. 4W halogen lamp
  6. LED lamp
  7. Digital compass Devantech CMPS03
  8. Grabber
  9. Accumulator 12V
  10. 3 DC thrusters
  11. RS485 interface
  12. 2 temperature sensors DS18B20
  13. 2 leak sensors
  14. pressure sensor
  15. laptop + joystick + video capture card + control software
  16. Cable 100m