Design Rational
May 2013
This season's design is different from the average ROV. Most teams choose to go with a box design, but our team is breaking the mold with a winged ROV. The wings are even more unusual: They rotate independently!
Independently rotating wings will give our ROV extreme mobility.
Update: November 2013
After receiving this year's tasks for the 2014 competition, we have to redesign the ROV. We plan on keeping the rotating device in the robot. However, we cannot keep the wings because the length of the wings will prevent our ROV from completing one of the tasks.
Update: January 2015
After receiving this year's tasks for the 2015 competition, we have decided to keep our vehicle the same as last year. This is because we feel as if the successes of last year can be carried over into this year's competition. We have also decided to abandon the claw from last year and replace it with a 360 degree rotational arm. This arm will provide us with a larger range of motion in which to accurately complete the tasks.
This season's design is different from the average ROV. Most teams choose to go with a box design, but our team is breaking the mold with a winged ROV. The wings are even more unusual: They rotate independently!
Independently rotating wings will give our ROV extreme mobility.
Update: November 2013
After receiving this year's tasks for the 2014 competition, we have to redesign the ROV. We plan on keeping the rotating device in the robot. However, we cannot keep the wings because the length of the wings will prevent our ROV from completing one of the tasks.
Update: January 2015
After receiving this year's tasks for the 2015 competition, we have decided to keep our vehicle the same as last year. This is because we feel as if the successes of last year can be carried over into this year's competition. We have also decided to abandon the claw from last year and replace it with a 360 degree rotational arm. This arm will provide us with a larger range of motion in which to accurately complete the tasks.