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Ægir

Ægir is developed by over 20 students for an ROV competition organized by MATE. The competition was held at the NASA Johnson Space Center, in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab in Houston Texas, USA June 23-25, 2016

Key features

  • Low weight and compact design
  • 4 function manipulator arm
  • 6 DOF navigation, 8 thrusters
  • Autopilot in depth and orientation, for fine maneuvering
  • 2 adjustable LED work lights
  • Open-Source control units for the motors
  • Work camera pitch control

Specifications

Tether
25 meters
Dimensioned depth
20 meters
Materials
Frame
Aluminum
Electronics housing
Acrylic and aluminum
Thruster housing
3D-printed
Propeller
3D-printed
Weight
14.1 kg
Measurements
470x260x270 mm
Working voltage
48 VDC supply, 12 VDC operating voltage
Sensors
Three cameras, accelerometer, gyroscope, pressure sensor, temperature, 10-bit abs. encoder-level encoder
Communication
CAN bus and Ethernet