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A similar company is SeaBotix [0] they have a similar [1] thruster for sale but it uses a brushed motor. They have a newer generation product (not separately l
by Game_Ender 12y ago
A similar company is SeaBotix [0] they have a similar [1] thruster for sale but it uses a brushed motor. They have a newer generation product (not separately listed) that uses brushless motors that has integrated motor controller so all you need to do is send it power and I2C speed commands.
For people interested in this I recommend checking out the RobotSub [2] competition. Each team releases papers allowing you to see how the whole vehicle fits together.
0 - http://www.seabotix.com/ http://www.seabotix.com/
1 - http://www.seabotix.com/products/auv_thrusters.htm http://www.seabotix.com/products/auv_thrusters.htm
2 - http://www.auvsifoundation.org/foundation/competitions/robosub/ http://www.auvsifoundation.org/foundation/competitions/robos...
- kevinchen 12y agoI did RoboSub for 4 years (probably the best thing a student can do to become a better engineer. That's another story for another day). The only issue with the SeaBotix thrusters is that you have to take off a screw and inject grease into them every year or so. No indication of how BlueRobotics' thruster actually fixes this problem other than the fact that they claim they fixed it.