Friday, February 22, 2013

Hardware Upgrades: a Design Excursion



Sometimes, new research goals lead to new design challenges.  Fortunately, we're thrilled to present our cutting-edge response to the challenge of mounting two sonars on one robot.  Armed with a set of callipers, we created a small sonar mount attachment, allowing the ROV to scan with both sonars attached  and unobstructed.  Leveraging the laser-cutter, we then sliced the sonar mount out of a sheet of scrap 1/8" delrin, a tough plastic.  The final results are depicted below:

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