Live build your submarine step-by-step
summary
A complete hobby ROV is assembled live using off‑the‑shelf parts and open firmware: ArduPilot + Raspberry Pi + Pixhawk control thrusters, depth and leak sensors, a USB camera and power module, all bridged over a tethered Ethernet link. The build reaches a working demo—camera, servo pan/tilt and thruster responses are live—and claimed endurance is 50–60 minute battery life with tested dives to about 50–150 m on different units. First working prototype takes roughly four years from idea to pool‑tested unit.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction
- 5:27Why I built it
- 7:14ArduPilot and ROV software
- 11:39Live ROV control demo
- 15:42Pressure capsule assembly
- 23:36Sensors and thrusters
- 27:43Water testing
- 32:50Software architecture
- 36:55Design choices
- 38:09Q&A
- 40:41Q&A turbulence
- 43:13Q&A Ubuntu
- 45:20Q&A battery life
- 46:26Q&A legal rules
- 47:33Q&A energy efficiency
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