Underwater Drone Project Competition

WHO ARE WE?

45C Robotics is from the California Academy of Mathematics and Science (CAMS) located in Carson, California. We began our endeavour into the MATE ROV Ranger competition as an independent club for the first time last year, and have worked diligently to overcome the minimal support provided from our school. 45C Robotics has eight team members, each specialized in a particular field, in order to challenge the limits of what an ROV can be. Our team has pushed through difficulties with a positive team culture for nine months to create an ROV that lives up to the Triton name.

COMPANY HISTORY

45C Robotics is a rising competitor in the MATE ROV competition. While the California Academy of Mathematics and Science (CAMS) ROV team operated as an elective course in previous years, last year we branched off as an individual robotics club. By becoming a separate entity from the school, as opposed to a required class, we became comprised of only the most passionate engineers, marketers, and programmers to ensure success (Figure 3). Although the CAMS ROV teams had continually placed nearly last at regionals every year, the 45C Robotics team not only advanced from the regional competition, but also ranked 10th out of 40 competitors in the 2018 MATE international competition within the first year of operation.

OUR BOARDS

ESC MOTOR CONTROLLER BOARD

The board uses the ATMEGA2060 chip with the Arduino ISP Programmer to communicate with the Bl_Heli 32 BLSC ESC controller. This board gives you the felixability to control the motor with a variety of different options. Using the Arduino IDE Software, you can program the board to work with sensors or even communicate with a seperate Arduino via TX/RX serial rails. 

SMART SENSOR BOARD

The sensor board uses the ATMEGA328P chip with the Arduino ISP Programmer to display information regarding temperature, pressure, and gyroscope. You can also add more sensors thanks to the extra pins on the chip.