6/17/09

Seawolf III Pool Test

Location: Cary
Duration: ~3 Hours

Details:

Last wednesday, we took Seawolf out for an evening pool test. We still have not received the repaired thrusters from Seabotix, but we were able to mount her two horizontal thrusters. The craft was surprisingly stable, even without pitch and roll correction from the horizontal thrusters. There was a minor issue with the Arduinos booting and identifying themselves, but we were able to get them functioning before too long. Once Seawolf was in the water, we all took turns navigating her in ROV mode. Jason didn't appreciate being chased by the robot- As you'll notice in the pictures. Before pulling the craft from the pool, we tested out the new vision code. It is coming along very well.

 

-K Wolf