Aquabots Autonomous Vessels

Grove-GPS

Grove Shield for Mega

RUCH Victory EP Racing RC Boat

External GPS Antennae 

Grove - 3-Axis Digital Compass V2

Universal 4-Pin Connector 90 degrees

Grove Blue Wrapper Pack 1-2

Arduino Ethernet Shield 2

Arduino Mega 2560

Soldering iron (generic)

Bolt WiFi Module

Aquabots Client

Grove Blue Wrapper Pack 1-1

Grove 2 Coil Latching Relais

metal saw (generic)

Universal 4-Pin Buckled Cable

Spectrum DX61 Remote Control Unit

Brushed ESC "ECU1" 70A 1:10 waterproof

Grove Proto Shield

Ever since 2013, the <a href="https://www.rdmcoe.nl/projecten/aquabots/">Aquabots Team</a> at <a href="https://www.rdmcoe.nl/english/">RDM Rotterdam</a> has been involved in the development of autonomous vessels for purposes of monitoring and inspection. The majority of these projects carried out by students with different educational backgrounds. Together with trained professionals in the maritime sector, they worked on all kinds of <a href="https://youtu.be/GW-uPfIm3tI">interdisciplinary assignments</a> involving (semi-) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCujvqR8rh3GlCMogxxPgmRA">autonomous vessels </a> with a hull size of approximately two metres.Along with these projects, we slowly but surely developed a web-based <a href="http://www.condast.com:8080/arnac/home">Aquabots Client</a> in order to remotely control these vessels. In this project, we will be showing you how to change a remotely controlled boat into an autonomous vessel, that can register itself to this client, using little more than an Arduino (Mega), a GPS unit and some time to spare!In the coming weeks, I will adding a number of blogs to the project, for every step in making the autonomous vessel! The code source is available on <a href="https://github.com/condast/Aquabots-Client">GitHub</a>. <h3 >Project:</h3>Day 1: <a href="https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/keesp/connecting-to-the-aquabots-client-caade9">Connecting to the Aquabots Client </a>Day 2: <a href="https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/keesp/day-2-adding-the-gps-unit-f57ff7">Adding a GPS Unit </a>Day 3: <a href="https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/keesp/day-3-connecting-to-the-aquabots-client-3b6b2d?ref=user&ref_id=265877&offset=0">Updating the GPS location</a> Day 4: <a href="https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/keesp/day-4-revving-the-servos-aae20c">Revving the Servo's!</a>

Aquabots Autonomous Vessels

Turn your radio-controlled boat into an autonomous vessel.