SeaPerch
is an innovative tool used to make underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles.
SeaPerch is also used to teach skills used in everyday marine based jobs. These
include building vessels, problem-solving, maneuvering, and reacting to new
challenges. SeaPerch is a way for people to understand how today's scientists
are exploring and working in the unseen depths of the ocean.
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| Real life application |
SeaPerch incorporates STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) into the program. This is a way for students to become experienced in these fields and have a basic knowledge of what they might want to do in the future.
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| Underwater obstacle course |
SeaPerch incorporates STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) into the program. This is a way for students to become experienced in these fields and have a basic knowledge of what they might want to do in the future.
The SeaPerch challenge will be held at the Neptune Aquatic Center in Neptune, NJ sometime around June. At the competition, an obstacle course will be in place for the ROV to maneuver around. The arm attached to the ROV will need to pick up plastic rings from one place, then put them onto another.
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| Neptune Aquatic Center 1 |
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| Neptune Aquatic Center 2 |
SeaPerch can be used as a basic understanding of building an underwater robot. Underwater robots can be used for many life applications. During the BP oil spill in 2010, underwater ROV were used to clean up the oil and put a cap on underwater mains.
SeaPerch can be used as a basic understanding of building an underwater robot. Underwater robots can be used for many life applications. During the BP oil spill in 2010, underwater ROV were used to clean up the oil and put a cap on underwater mains.
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| Neptune Aquatic Center 3 |
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| Neptune Aquatic Center 4 |
The SeaPerch challenge is directed towards high school students, but anyone could do the challenge. Building a SeaPerch robot can be a good experience for any individual starting out in an engineering career. These young adults building SeaPerch ROVs could one day grow up to be the engineers that build robots that cap underwater fuel lines more efficiently or robots that can complete a surgery to make tiny incisions.
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| Steve Smith pulls ROV out of water |
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| Teacher working with student |
Instructors could use SeaPerch as a way of teaching students about mechanics and how different parts work together. The design kit is inexpensive and comes with all required parts. Children would be able to learn more easily by having an example at their fingertips. This project could be a stepping stone into the world of robotics for many younger kids, and older ones too.
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| Being assigned SeaPerch kit |
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| Teacher helping student with SeaPerch |
The main reason that SeaPerch needs to be addressed is because not very many people know about the challenge. This project could help many students who have an interest in engineering get some experience.
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| Underwater obstacle course |
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| SeaPerch Obstacle Course |
The SeaPerch challenge consists of two different tasks that must be completed. The first is an obstacle course in which the vehicle must maneuver through 5- 22" diameter hoops. The other task is a ring transfer. The operators must retrieve small rings from racks and place them into a designated area some distance away.
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| Ring Obstacle course |
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| Ring transfer |
Stake holders involved in this product can range from people to animals. In order for SeaPerch to be successful, people need to actually buy and make the product. This is the starting point for most robotics. Students who make the SeaPerch ROV could go on to make more complex robots in future. Since SeaPerch can complete jobs such as cleaning up oil spills and helping remediate other situations, clean up crews where oil spills have happened would most likely use these robots.
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| Workers cleaning oil spill |
Other individuals that could benefit from robotics such as SeaPerch could be animals that are effected by oil spills.
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