orca rov COncept

Interspec R&D is involved in the Design & Development of a Mini ROV systems, our original concept was the Marlin ROV a PVC based unit using common plumbing equipment modified to accommodate electronics this proved to be a good starting point as the parts were cheap and easy to manipulate and machine; the main limitations in such a design is the depth in which it can travel to we did rigorous testing a found that realistically we could only get around 70Mtrs before the pressure housings would collapse and or leak, hence we moved to ORCA MK4&5 this design allowed us to operate at 100Mtrs water depth before water ingress was noticed on our water detection system, Plans are avaliable and combines ROV design and ORCA plans at our store a real bargin.

The use of high pressure PVC tubing and hydraulic seals ment we could create a very cheap and cost effective unit that exceeded all our previous designs and proved to be a very useful tool, if you would like to build you own plans are available from the store under ORCA Plans; this is a great tool for classroom exercises and teaching for technical studies such a craft and design or engineering and then can be used in biology for marine inspection duties.

Additional focus on auxiliary equipment include, Compass with pitch and roll, Temp sensors, Depth sensors, and feedback from the thrusters i.e. current in (amps). All scalling on the Hydra ROV can be preformed with the Arduino MCU

Marlin 1

Marlin and ORCA MK4 ROV units

HYDRA ROV & ISCC

Times colonist coverage of the event was only possible by the fabulous efforts of Jim Bell and Darren Stone from Times Colonist so a special thanks to them.

As mentioed by Jim Bell from the Times Colonist, "The Underwater Remote Operated Vehicle Control System, a co-operative effort from the UVic team and Interspec R&D, was developed to provide a mechanism that is affordable for both schools and individuals. Simplicity of operation was also important, as was ease of use for special-needs children"

A BIG thank you to the students that made this possible very talented team have shown great dedication teamwork and shear skill, very special thanks, Nathan Wren (Mechanical Engineering), Colin Tougas (Mechanical Engineering), Thomas Grime (Electrical Engineering) we are indebted to you all for your outstanding efforts.

The ROV concept has created allot of interest our main efforts are for education and we are looking for investors to help us create a unit for schools so we can donate units to several teaching and special needs groups, we believe the application is a very interesting concept for the children and captures there imagination and creativity, allowing new and interesting marine based studies to emerge in the future.

All donations are greatfully appriciated and will be submitted to our educational projects and used to provide educational programs to Mosaic Learning Society

 

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