Term Project
Description: In ASPIE we will be engineering underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs)! The robot kit and instructions are based on the MIT Discover Ocean Engineering Sea Perch. The ASPIE robot has the added features of an underwater camera, underwater lights, and up to 5 motors. Students should follow the fabrication steps presented in the Sea Perch manual (below), but use the supplemental guides for the appropriate sections. Although the fabrication steps of different modules are spelled out in the manual, the design of the robot (including the frame layout, number of thrusters, control box layout, and object retrieval mechanism) is completely up to the student.
 
Robot and Competition Pictures
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Manual and Supplemental Guides

Sea Perch Manual 		Here is the MIT Sea Perch manual. It describes how to make a basic underwater robot out of PVC pipe with three thrusters. Use the manufacturing directions in this manual for the modules of your robot, except where the supplemental guides below are applicable.
ASPIE Parts List The ASPIE parts list includes all the materials that were procured for the ASPIE kits. The document includes vendors and prices for each item.

Supplemental document on motor building

The supplemental document on motor building describes some extra steps to make a better sealed motor.
Supplemental document on camera building The supplemental document on camera building describes how to fabricate the camera and include LEDs for lighting.
Supplemental document on control box building The supplemental document on control box building describes some extra steps in building a control box with more features.

Amos Winter
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