Fight Labs Using the NIST Open Test Range
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Instructor Guide/Manual
How to Incorporate Maritime into STEM Courses
This 22-page paper, provided by the Southeast Maritime and Transportation (SMART) Center, discusses incorporating maritime into STEM courses. The paper includes a background of the maritime industry, reasons to incorporate maritime into courses, ideas and approaches for incorporation, and resources to implement maritime inclusion in courses. Main topics include the following: What is Maritime, Workforce
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Variable Speed ROV Controller VSRC-1
One of the challenges for a novice MATE Ranger ROV team (Remote Operated Vehicle) is creating an effective thruster control system. The simplest method is a 3 position toggle switch, connected directly to a thruster. While this system is cheap, it produces herky-jerky movements and the ROV is unable to “hover”. An ROV must be
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Underwater Robotics for High School Students – Team Manual
From the Mission Scope, you‟ll learn exactly what is required of your ROV…what mission tasks it must perform, in what sequence and in how much time. You‟ll also learn from the Mission Scope what your limitations are in terms of the size or electrical power allowed for your robot; the equipment you can, must or
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SeaMATE Underwater Robotics
These four Building Guides, one for each SeaMATE ROV kit, focus on learning the concepts behind designing, and the building of, underwater robots, and how underwater robots are used in various sectors of the Blue Economy. These guides include instructional materials such as how-to videos, Google Slide presentations, and more to support student learning. Students
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