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OUR MISSION
OUR MISSION
In this project, our mission was to design and construct a submersible to retrieve tubs and bottles (or fuel cells and data cartridges) from a PVC "satellite" at the bottom of a pool (right). Multiple groups worked together in alliances to plan and implement this. My alliance's first idea was to have five submersibles to actually lift the entire satellite out of the water to retrieve the objects with four subs lifting from the bottom and one from the top. Each submarine was made of PVC with four motors and was controlled using 3 switches attached to a long cable. This plan eventually had to be changed as we realized the motors would not be powerful enough to lift the entire satellite. Instead we attached a tether to one of the subs and planned to reel it in using a motored winch once it had latched on to the satellite.
One of our subs in progress.
Making last minute repairs to our main sub before the last round.
COMPETITION DAY
COMPETITION DAY
Our new plan worked well on competition day when we were against other teams in the pool. I was the driver for my alliance and I navigated the sub down to the satellite and wrapped it around the structure so we could reel it in. We ran out of time in the first round and didn't get the satellite completely to our side of the pool, but the second time, we were better prepared and we achieved our goal.
Above are pictures of my alliance during competition, me holding the sub I controlled, and me driving the sub in the water.
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