Your research
Your research area, the measurements you care about, and any instruments we could validate our sensors against.
Contact
Let's put it on the water together.
Whether you can offer expertise, hardware or a place to test, we'd like to hear from you. Email the project, or either founder directly.
Email the project or the founders
Before you write
What helps us reply well.
A few details up front help us work out quickly how we could work together.
Your support
What you could provide, such as components, fabrication, mentorship or funding, and how you'd like to be recognized.
Your water
Where it is, what access looks like, and what you'd most want to learn from a survey.
FAQ
Common questions.
Anything we haven't covered, ask us directly. We read every email.
What stage is the project at?
V1 was built in one semester and water-tested at St Katharine Docks, London. V2 was a prototype whose flaws led to a full redesign. V3's carrier and pod boards are laid out and checked, the new hull is in CAD, and board fabrication, firmware and field trials come next. See the roadmap.
What do you need right now?
We're looking for funding, a mentor with experience in marine robotics, environmental monitoring or water quality, and places to get parts made, like PCBs and machined metal parts. Test sites help too. See what we need.
Can we see it working?
Watch V1 on the water, plan a route in the V1 waypoint planner, or run a simulated survey in the V2 command center.
What will V3 measure?
pH, dissolved oxygen, TDS, turbidity and temperature at the surface, from the sensor pod, plus water depth from a fish-finder sonar. The platform is modular, so the payload can be configured for each application. See the spec sheet.
Why sediment, and when?
The Port of Oakland and the Charles River Watershed Association both told us their teams still collect sediment samples by sending divers down. Further down the line, we want a robotic arm on deck to collect water and sediment samples so nobody has to go in. The arm's joints are in development now. See where the platform is heading.
Who's behind it?
Kyle Tran and Matthew Hong, the co-founders, with Nolan Ting and Caleb Kong. All four study Mechanical Engineering at Northeastern University. We design, build and test the hardware ourselves.