 OpenROV submarine from Xeopesca at A Estrada. | |
| Manufacturer | OpenROV and DIY community[1] |
|---|---|
| Type | Telerobotics submarine underwater drone |
| Release date | circa 2012, current version: 2.8 (26 Jun. 2017) [2] |
| Units sold | 118 (2012)[3] |
| Operating system | Linux[2] |
| System on a chip | TI AM335x (BeagleBone Black on-board computer) |
| CPU | 1 GHz (BeagleBone Black ARM Cortex-A8 processor)[2] |
| Memory | 512 MB DDR3 (BeagleBone)[2] |
| Storage | 4 GB eMMC on-board flash storage |
| Camera | HD USB webcam with 4 LED light arrays on servo-tiltable platform[2] |
| Connectivity | 100 Mbit/s Ethernet data tether[2] |
| Power | 8 × 26650 Lithium-ion rechargeable batteries (~2h run time)[2] |
| Dimensions | 30 cm (12 in) x 20 cm (7.9 in) x 15 cm (5.9 in)[2][3] |
| Mass | 2.6 kg (5.7 lb)[4][2] |
OpenROV was a marine robotics company focused on democratizing underwater exploration through the development of low cost Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) technology and an online community of citizen scientists and makers. OpenROV created a series of ROV kits as well as a ready-to-use ROV called Trident, both of which were launched on the crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter.[5][6] OpenROV was founded by David Lang and Eric Stackpole in 2011, and was based for most of its history in Berkeley, CA. In 2019, OpenROV merged with Spoondrift Technologies to create Sofar Ocean Technologies.
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- ^ Change, B. The (2017-05-03). "Kickstarter: Changing Arts and Minds". Medium. Retrieved 2024-03-22.