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Power harness and Tether

A project log for Sphere ROV: 8BitRobots

A novel underwater spherical robot powered by the 8BitRobots module

tim-wilkinsonTim Wilkinson 07/16/2018 at 01:380 Comments

The picture above show the power harness for inside the ROV. The tether comes into the harness on the left, and various plugs and connectors are shown on the right. These connect to the ESCs power inputs, the 8BitRobot module, and the internal battery.

The tether configuration is shown below:

Different configuration of the tether allows different operations to be performed on the ROV:

These different options should (hopefully) remove the need to open the ROV except for maintenance.

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