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5 Underwater Drones You Must See

2017-04-07
the Gladius is a smart underwater drone built for filming observing and exploring it is a portable and user-friendly device that is able to dive up to a depth of 100 meters all while filming in Full HD whether you are diving fishing island hopping or exploring the Gladius is an excellent tool for you it can fly like an airplane while in water with a super fast speed of up to four knots or 2 meters per second the unique Quatro thrusters design makes it able to nimbly move in all directions the Gladius comes with two built-in batteries which can last up to three to four hours on one charge weighing only 6.6 pounds and small size make it very portable as it can easily fit into a backpack or suitcase the built in full HD camera and LED lighting have been optimized for use in water which enables users to take high-quality 16 megapixel photos and 4k videos without any Distortion a remote controller and the app interface is quite simple and intuitive which is compatible for Android or iOS devices you can take pictures and videos and quickly share on different social media platforms the mobile Wi-Fi boy which floats on the surface is equipped with a 500 meters range wireless communication module which sends live image and data to your device this gives Gladius a significant operating range we have already produced multiple prototypes of the Gladius in order to perfect its design the internal sealed cabin of glabius uses aluminium alloy materials with oxidation treatment to ensure it is waterproof and corrosion-resistant within 100 metres depth our goal is open our ovie has always been to make an exploration tool that everyone can use the new version of open ROV is the best one we've ever built it's more maneuverable in the water it's easier to build you can build it more quickly and it's a lot more durable we want this to be a serious exploration tool here's how it works onboard the ROV are six batteries which supply voltage to it and allow it to run for about two hours it has a USB web camera which sends video up to the surface via a tether once this signal gets up to the surface there's a little adapter box which you can plug an Ethernet cable into and it allows your computer's web browser to connect to the ROV it's that simple the extreme portability allows people to go to places that have never been explored because it's too hard to fall scuba gear there or much larger arteries so what we've created is something that it's not only low cost and easy to build but also something that can really get into the places that we've never seen before building a small compact durable capable ROV is an incredible challenge and there's really no way that we could have done it ourselves without this big community of people to help us build and the cool side effect is that we've developed this whole global network of like-minded searchers so when you plug in your ROV you're not just plugging it into a computer you're actually plugging into this big community of like-minded explorers I am so excited to see what people use the open ROV for there's so much exploration to be had out there all you need is a laptop the ROV and a place to explore what if filming took care of itself if you were able to swim explore and dive while your camera follow hi I'm Ben and this is Kevin well divers going to explore marveling at the beauty of the ocean and bringing back memories of our underwater adventures if you're like us you know how cool it is to share your diving experiences with people on land you also know how filming gets in the way of simply enjoying the moments which is why we dive in the first place that's why a year ago we had a dream with imagine an autonomous underwater drone that follows you during your dials lets you capture beautiful footage hands-free so you can focus on the diving now above always in path of becoming a reality this camera is completely autonomous autonomous means that you don't have to do anything at all we've created and patented an underwater localization technology it enables ibubble to know where you are and to keep you or your surroundings in the frame now you can record your diving adventures with no camera handling whatsoever ibubble comes loaded with a built-in library of carefully designed camera movements all you have to do is choose your shot from the control bracelet and I bubble execute the results are incredible beautiful underwater footage from completely new perspectives you might wonder how I bubble performs when you have let's say a specific close-up to shoot good question you just call I bubble back with your bracelet grab it and film as you want when you're done let ibubble go and it goes right back to follow mode we've all dreamed of following a turtle or month away while it swim fast and far away so we've enabled eye beable to do just that all by itself press the target locking button for a few seconds and ibubble will recognize the shape it needs to follow release it and watch as it glides by turtles and sharks capturing what's out of your reach we've designed all the features in close collaboration with the diving community and professionals from the underwater world unification on fuji bubbles if netted una - the vomit on cam please GCE Domini oh yeah leepu's ooh-la-la Coon hunts redundant community it was at the same time she a meanie booyah in a competence but when is a talk too much spine can be able to know keep it on longer you immediate is anymore you know every CEO it's just expands usually the type of things that I can create so how does a future prison one Porsche in the revolution policy on recidivism I can't wait to have my own today with the work we've done and the team we've built we know we can make above all a reality the last thing we need is your help if we reach our goal will access the whistles is needed to deliver a bubble next year with more fans will have even more features so by I beable today thank you from the entire eye bubble team humans exploration to ocean never ends but oceans are still full of mysteries to explore the yet unknown underwater world we created high quality ROV the CC ROV it equipped with four horizontal and two vertical thrusters allowing a high precision control it can rotate on five axes or stay still to offer the best underwater experience with his 4k camera CC ROV allows a premium video footage and a lower cost he's also ready to dive right out of her backpack you can connect it to your phone using the CC ROV app and then you can see a live stream from under the water it can even go up to 100 meters deep and I think gives a lot of fun for young people CC ROV oso serves unluck we live on a planet that's 71% water yet we've only explored 10% of it we're about to change that the fathom one is an easy-to-use underwater drone that you control with your smartphone or tablet we designed it to be the most affordable most versatile underwater drone ever made and after two full years of prototyping and development were finally ready to bring underwater exploration and education to the masses I'm John I'm Matt I'm Danny and we're a team of outdoor enthusiasts scuba divers engineers and travelers they had an idea for an underwater drone that we could take anywhere and use in any environment I grew up spending summers on Lake Louise in northern Michigan where a lot of large logging operations took place in the 1800s jump forward 200 years and now every cottage has artifacts and pieces of history on their walls that washed up on the beach but there are still legends of horse-drawn sleds that fell through the ice and got stuck at the bottom just waiting to be explored I thought if I could control an aerial drone from a mobile app to explore from above why couldn't I do the same thing from underwater that's when Patton was born underwater remotely operated vehicles or ROV s have been around for a while but they're mainly large expensive industrial devices tethered to big ships and early consumer RVs inspired by their Big Brother's cost well over a thousand dollars with no mobile app for piloting and you may be a pretty good hacker to put them together we knew we wanted an underwater drone that anyone could drop into any body of water and pilot easily using an app on their smart device and it had to be small and light enough to carry around meaning a completely new compact design it had to come fully assembled out of the box including an onboard 1080p HD camera and built in high intensity LED headlights for clear viewing and it had to be as affordable as lower cost flying drones with comparable equipment so that every modern day Explorer could have one we built the fathom one with all of those features and thanks to custom components in a streamlined design now you can have it for under six hundred dollars that's less than half the price of the closest competition above all we made the fathom one super easy to use but that doesn't mean it's limited this thing is fully modular our patent-pending thruster attachment system allows you to easily remove all three thrusters for packing but it also enables customization and upgrades to specialized thrusters such as these ones with larger fins for stabilization and we're hoping our backer community will create and share their own ideas for customization if either one also features an integrated rail system that makes adding accessories like action cameras and additional lights or other sensors a breeze just slide it on click it in and you're ready to go we put everything that we have into making underwater exploration and education more accessible to the masses we built the prototypes validated our designs and now ready to go on a full-scale manufacturing all that's left is for you the kickstart community to show us that you want an underwater drone that's affordable portable modular and completely easy to use right out of the box fathom is your chance to go deep and see the world in an entirely new way the possibilities are truly endless what can you fathom you you
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