Tutorial Sehari Robotika
Robotics is currently a rapidly developing field of science, with numerous breakthroughs continually occurring. To foster student interest and enhance their knowledge of robotics, .. in collaboration with American Embassy holding robotics tutorials and demonstrations with the theme “Underwater Robotics: OpenROV“. The tutorial, which was held on Thursday (21/08/14) at the ITB Library Multipurpose Room, was delivered directly by the founder of OpenROV, Eric Stackpole, with moderator Prof. Dr. Ir. Bambang Riyanto Tilaksono (Lecturer of Electrical Engineering, ITB). In addition to students, lecturers also participated in this tutorial.
Eric Stackpole is the creator of the OpenROV submarine, a robot that is open source and type Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). OpenROV was founded in 2011 with the intention of promoting democratic, open, and accessible exploration for anyone interested in exploring. Starting from a successful campaign on Kickstarter.com, OpenROV is now the largest ROV-type submarine manufacturer in the world with users spread across nearly 50 countries. Thanks to these extraordinary results, Stackpole has succeeded in receiving an award from the United States government as White House Champion of Change. “For me just follow it passion "If we do, then the possibilities will be endless and you can do anything," Stackpole said.
In this tutorial Stackpole introduces its underwater exploration robot that can be controlled from above the sea surface and displays live video for its operator. Stackpole also shared the various explorations his team has successfully conducted, including exploring the sea ice in Antarctica. The University of San Jose Mechanical Engineering graduate also discussed various technical aspects of his robot during the question and answer session, starting from GPS, tubes, sensors, cameras, to the design of the submarine. Although everything has been carefully considered to be able to carry out deep underwater exploration with accurate research data results, Stackpole admitted that some problems still sometimes occur. "Currently, we are still continuing to develop this submarine with various improvements in several parts to make it more reliable in exploration," added Stackpole.
Not only containing presentations, at the end of the tutorial Stackpole also demonstrated his submarine robot in the Sabuga ITB Swimming Pool. With just a laptop, Stackpole controlled his robot to dive into the depths of the swimming pool. Several students looked enthusiastic because they had the opportunity to control this submarine robot and see the results of its camera monitoring on the laptop screen. "From this tutorial I saw that the most vital part of the robot is the mechanical part. I also learned a valuable lesson to do something repeatedly and not give up easily," commented Miftahul Mahfuzh (Informatics Engineering 2013) who is also a member of the ITB Robotics Unit.
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