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Homebrew Underwater ROV

Posted by timothy on from the blub-blub-blub dept.

Blue-Footed Boobie writes "A very geeky member of TechReport has built himself a homebrew Underwater ROV to use while on vacation. For what they said was 'Version 1', I would have to say the results were great. Full build log, with videos, can be found here. Good job guys! 'Being the geeks that we are, we always come up with some sort of project to bring up to the lake and play with. This year, two weeks before vacation, we decided to build an Underwater ROV. For those not familiar, an ROV is a Remotely Operated Vehicle. Generally "real" ROVs cost anywhere from $8,000 up to Millions of dollars. We had two weeks and a $100 budget. Usually they have high-resolution camera systems and high powered thrusters to maneuver. We had two weeks and a $100 budget.'"

10 of 137 comments (clear)

  1. How many weeks? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And how much was the budget?

    The writeup doesn't make it clear.

    I read the writeup. But the writeup doesn't make it clear.

    1. Re:How many weeks? by Linus+Torvaalds · · Score: 4, Funny

      They had two weeks and a $100 budget.

  2. Obviously by Osmosis_Garett · · Score: 2, Funny

    He built an underwater ROV and posted the pictures inline so that he could find the server after the slashdotting that is on the way.

  3. ballast of some kind by infonography · · Score: 2, Funny

    Could something like AOL CDs or SCO lawsuits work?

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    1. Re:ballast of some kind by Rob_Warwick · · Score: 2, Funny

      SCO lawsuits?

      Everyone knows those have no weight to them.

  4. Re:perhaps that was sarcasm? by milktoastman · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think this AC was just joking about the repetitive mentioning of the time and budget constraints in the article summary. Or call it a troll, if you will. Usually that's what anonymous cowards are doing. Probably, he/she WAS just joking about the repetititive mentioning of the time and budget constraints in the article summary. Again, just joking about the repetititive mentioning of the time and budget constrainst in the article summary.

  5. Re:Remote control submarines... by modecx · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not sure if you could equip a toy with an emergency blow apparatus.

    Sure you could... Heck, McGuyver could do it with a CO2 cartrige, a few pieces of ABC bubblegum, a nail and some weathered rubber bands.

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  6. Ah yes, but... by jd · · Score: 2, Funny

    Complex geeks start before i1.0! And as for quaternion geeks...

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  7. Re: Prohibitively Expensive and Complicated ROVs by some+guy+I+know · · Score: 3, Funny
    As a former submariner I would love to have one to play with, but they seem prohibitively expensive and complicated [...]
    My understanding, based on what I read somewhere, is that it's possible to build one yourself if you have two weeks and a $100 budget.
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  8. Re:Not as impressive without the thrusters. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    dude, you can't have everything, after all, they only had two weeks and a $100 budget.

    (new slashdot meme +5 points)