The following are a couple of outside resources that we used and found to be interesting or useful.
Stores:
Super Curcuits - http://www.supercircuits.com/ - A great online store for small cameras.
ITT Industries - http://www.rule-industries.com/ - This company sells a wide variety of bilge pumps.
Innovation First - http://innovationfirst.com/FIRSTRobotics/ - Manufacturer of FIRST control systems that includes many useful devices.
Cable Wholesale - http://www.cablewholesale.com/ - Great prices for cables and adapters.
General ROVs:
Video
Ray - A really
cool little robot that has premeired in many missions and inspired us all.
Project NANUC - http://www.sfos.uaf.edu:8000/nanuc/ - An ROV project that our team captain was closely involved with.
Hylands Underwater Vehicles - http://www.huv.com/uSeeker/index.html - An interesting site on an AUV.
ROV Design Specifications - http://www.angelfire.com/ct/gchait/rov.rov.html - How one man built himself an ROV.
ROV’s – Underwater Vehicles - http://www.smithstuff.net/rov/ROV.htm - Another person who built themself a homemade ROV.
Build your own remotely operated vehicle (ROV)! - http://www.ocean.washington.edu/people/grads/scottv/exploraquarium/rov/home.html - How someone built a classic ROV.s
MATE ROV Competition:
ROV Competition - http://www.marinetech.org/rov_competition/index.php - The competition that we are competing in.
Carl Hayden High School Team - http://www.falconrobotics.org/rovweb/index.htm - Another team who has competed in past years.
Mainland Robotics - http://www.mainlandrobotics.org/ - Yet another fellow team in this competition.
Team Orlando Robotics Club - http://www.orlandotorc.com/ - This team has lots of interesting pictures of thier ROV.
Skunkworks ROV - http://www.skunkworksrov.com - Another team with some great photos.
ROV Stuff:
MicroSeeker Thruster Design - http://www.huv.com/uSeeker/thruster/index.html - A walkthrough on how to build a basic thruster.
Sea Scout ROV Parts - http://www.angelfire.com/sc/cuttermorris/page103rovparts.html - Interesting homemade ROV devices.
Science Made Easy Conversions - http://www.sciencemadesimple.net/length.php - Great site for all those conversions we can't remember.