LIFESAVING ROV
This project is created by a team of undergraduate mechanical engineering in UC Berkeley. Our goal is to create an ROV that goes underwater and save a drowning person.
ABOUT MY PROJECT
Project Summary
Drowning is the 3rd leading cause of unintentional injury-related death; worldwide, it accounts for about 360,000 deaths every year. In the US alone, coastal drowning accounts for $273 million each year in direct and indirect costs, and is the cause of 75% of deaths in flood disasters. Many of these situations, although preventable, pose risks to the lifeguards and rescue crews who can also become a victim of the situation.
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The main goal of our project is to prevent risking another life to save a drowning person. The ROV will act like a lifeguard. When the user discovers a drowning person, the user can simply throw our device in the water. The device will provide a live video feed capturing the underwater scene to user, and the user will control the device and make it drive towards the drowning person. The design will allow a conscious drowning person to grab onto at one time.
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Operation diagram of the device
The user receives output from Raspberry Pi and then input the commend to the Ardunio board. The following diagram shows how the operation of the device.
TEAM
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Dara Collpy is currently an exchange student in UC Berkeley from Ireland. He studies Mechanical Engineering.
Si Weng Tong is a senior Mechanical Engineering student in UC Berkeley. She comes from Macau, China.
Merritt Joujon-Roche is a senior Mechanical Engineering student in UC Berkeley. He is interested in Design.
Mikael Harseno is a senior student in UC Berkeley majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science.
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