@phil Yes, I want to build an arduino-powered boat. There a few issues though. One challenge is that water is bad for your electronics. Another is that if it is a sailboat, you need to make it very clever otherwise, it will always get stuck… and cleverness requires much testing… this takes time. So maybe it is easier to start with a motor boat, but this leaves you with one last issue… you still need a remote if only to call the boat back. So you need to hack a remote over your arduino… I don’t know how to do it.
On the plus side, someone could make money selling kits for building RC models with an arduino.
Great post! My inner economist often reminds me that for a great many things, it’s wiser to rent than to own. It’s easy to forget that doing things is more fun than owning things.
Have you looked into autonomous boats / aquatic bots? There’s a small boating pond round the corner from where I live and I’m wondering about its possibilities for some kind of small-scale robo-regatta.
I’m thinking Arduino controlled, maybe solar-powered. Or perhaps even sailed.
@phil Yes, I want to build an arduino-powered boat. There a few issues though. One challenge is that water is bad for your electronics. Another is that if it is a sailboat, you need to make it very clever otherwise, it will always get stuck… and cleverness requires much testing… this takes time. So maybe it is easier to start with a motor boat, but this leaves you with one last issue… you still need a remote if only to call the boat back. So you need to hack a remote over your arduino… I don’t know how to do it.
On the plus side, someone could make money selling kits for building RC models with an arduino.
@Michele That is right. I’m the guy in the back.
Great post! My inner economist often reminds me that for a great many things, it’s wiser to rent than to own. It’s easy to forget that doing things is more fun than owning things.
Have you looked into autonomous boats / aquatic bots? There’s a small boating pond round the corner from where I live and I’m wondering about its possibilities for some kind of small-scale robo-regatta.
I’m thinking Arduino controlled, maybe solar-powered. Or perhaps even sailed.
Are you the fourth from the left? 🙂
You’re perfectly right!
Really enjoyed this post—thanks.
Its a process … For everybody