Underwater Rover using IoT to Track Objects and Organisms under the Water

Abstract

Since the underwater world is so complicated, monitoring the underwater has always been challenging. A successful underwater robotic technology could aid the discovery of many hidden insights. This may also facilitate the convenient unmanned observation of underwater obstacles, facilities like the underside of bridge pillars, and other installations like monitoring devices and marine cables. An underwater rover is constructed with motors and actuators and aimed to be outfitted with a camera to capture real-time images in a predefined interval, which are then transmitted to the base station for further processing. The base station will be furnished with sophisticated software that can identify unexpected alterations in relayed images. The planned rover has been tested for 3 hours at a speed of 0.3ms1 and up to 6 feet under the water using a Radio Frequency (RF) remote control. The rover may be upgraded with cutting-edge parts in the future to explore deeper underwater and run for longer periods.