ROVs working in the rain (and snow) at Minami-sanriku-choy

ROVs working in the rain (and snow) at Minami-sanriku-choy

Posted by admin on Apr 19, 2011 at 10:17 pm America/Chicago

SeaBotix SARbot on a trial run 4/19/11 at Minami-sanriku-choy. Courtesy of Karen Dreger, CRASAR, and NSFWe're at Minami-sanriku-choy for the first full day of work. Yesterday we put the SeaBotix SARbot in the water in the afternoon in the light rain to conduct a general assessment of the area around the fishing pier and to show the general capabilities. Today we're back (in the light snow), with the SARbot and the Seamor unit to conduct a coordinated sweep of the area. The Seamor has excellent sonar imaging, while the SARbot has excellent location abilities so the Seamor will spot debris or objects of interest and the SARbot will (later- they are working in separate 100m radii areas) zoom to the approximate location and get the precise location. The SARbot is also estimating the depth of debris- as the fishing boats vital to the economy need 5-10m of clearance. We haven't found anything particularly unexpected or dangerous to boats (or victims), but we've just started. Dr. Kimura's team has been super and we're enjoying our collaboration!

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