{"id":306,"date":"2009-02-15T19:27:07","date_gmt":"2009-02-16T03:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.superchargedsciencefairprojects.com\/?p=306"},"modified":"2009-02-15T19:27:07","modified_gmt":"2009-02-16T03:27:07","slug":"underwater-rov-robot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.awesomescienceprojects.com\/blog\/?p=306","title":{"rendered":"Underwater R.O.V. Robot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of my favorite projects, as it really teaches the kids how to make switches that power a motor both forward and reverse as well as chassis design and waterproofing thrusters.\u00c2\u00a0 Kids that make this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awesomescienceprojects.com\/sciencekits.htm#rov\">R.O.V. project<\/a> are often surprised by how much of a role buoyancy plays out in their robot, but with a few tweaks here and there, their underwater submersible can be zooming around in no time!\u00c2\u00a0 I thought you&#8217;d like to see a few of the images we&#8217;ve had sent to us over the years we&#8217;ve taught this project:<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 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class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.awesomescienceprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/rov7.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.awesomescienceprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/rov7-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.awesomescienceprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/rov8.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.awesomescienceprojects.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/rov8-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" 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