RoboBoat

2024 is our first year competing in RoboBoat, which we decided to do as another learning opportunity to better prepare for RobotX. We won the persistence award. In the span of the competition week, we went from zero mission capability to completing 3 missions in a run.

Barco Polo - ASV

Weight

20.4 kg

Degrees of Freedom

3 (Surge, Sway, Yaw)

Power System

14.8V, 15.6Ah Li-Ion battery (x1)

Perception Sensors

Oak–D Pro W PoE camera for stereo vision and object detection (x1)

Livox Mid-360 LiDAR for distance detection and obstacle avoidance (x1)

Wireless Communications

5.8GHz Ubiquiti Bullet AC IP67 (x2) 

915 Mhz Telemetry

WiFi

RC 2.4GHz ELRS

Dimensions

1 m x 0.6 m x 0.9 m

Endurance

Full Throttle –  estimated 20 min runtime

Normal Usage –   estimated 45 min runtime

Main Processor

Nvidia Jetson Xavier NX

Propulsion System

T200 thrusters (x4)

Navigation System

Centimeter Precision GPS RTK

Dual Antenna GPS Heading

Software Architecture

Linux based

Robot Operating System 2 (ROS2)

Payload

Water squirter

Object delivery net

Alpha - Prototype ASV

Weight

10.4 kg

Degrees of Freedom

3 (Surge, Sway, Yaw)

Power System

14.8V, 15.6Ah Li-ion battery (x1)

Perception Sensors

Oak–D Pro W PoE camera for stereo vision and object detection (x1)

Livox Mid-360 LiDAR for distance detection and obstacle avoidance (x1)

Wireless Communications

915 Mhz Telemetry

RC 2.4GHz ELRS

Dimensions

1.3m x 0.5m x 0.4m

Endurance

Full Throttle – estimated 10 min runtime

Normal Usage – estimated 20 min runtime

Propulsion System

Blue Robotics T200 thrusters (x4)

Navigation System

GPS/compass module

Software Architecture

Linux based

Robot Operating System 2 (ROS2)