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Drone, New Tech, OpenROV, Underwater Drone
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Trident is a remote-controlled, camera-equipped underwater drone – and it’s the fastest machine yet from underwater robotics startup OpenROV.
Trident can go “as fast as Michael Phelps,” according to co-founders David Lang and Eric Stackpole. For reference, Phelps clocks in at 4.4 mph if you factor his record for 50.77 seconds in the 100 m. So that’s faster than a goldfish, but not as fast as one might think. It’s still pretty fast as far as underwater vehicles, or even some drones go, though.
The other cool thing about Trident is its ability for precision maneuvers. Trident can swim in long, straight lines called “transects” but also stop on a dime and execute moves in tight spaces, using any kind of gaming controller (we tried it out with a Playstation controller hooked up to a PC monitor).
Trident can go “as fast as Michael Phelps,” according to co-founders David Lang and Eric Stackpole. For reference, Phelps clocks in at 4.4 mph if you factor his record for 50.77 seconds in the 100 m. So that’s faster than a goldfish, but not as fast as one might think. It’s still pretty fast as far as underwater vehicles, or even some drones go, though.
The other cool thing about Trident is its ability for precision maneuvers. Trident can swim in long, straight lines called “transects” but also stop on a dime and execute moves in tight spaces, using any kind of gaming controller (we tried it out with a Playstation controller hooked up to a PC monitor).
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