<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Low cost underwater vehicle</title><link>/challenges-projects/design-challenges/wireless-power-ii/b/blog/posts/low-cost-underwater-vehicle</link><description>I was in the Navy, and for a while I worked with Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. Throughout the course of development, we had to open and close the system many times to program and charge batteries...I always wanted an easier way to do it. We almost </description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Low cost underwater vehicle</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/wireless-power-ii/b/blog/posts/low-cost-underwater-vehicle</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2014 21:44:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:5579c770-44bc-44e0-a54c-684ca3a77393</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;How&amp;#39;s progress on the project? These will bust your initial budget, but may prove helpful for a more robust design: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://BlueRobotics.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;http://BlueRobotics.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; has developed low cost thrusters and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://witricity.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;http://witricity.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; has development kits for wireless charging and a white paper on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.witricity.com/assets/HRWPT-in-Subsea-Applications.pdf" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank"&gt;Highly Resonant Wireless Power Transfer in Subsea Applications&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cheers,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; Kevin &lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=17328&amp;AppID=115&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Low cost underwater vehicle</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/wireless-power-ii/b/blog/posts/low-cost-underwater-vehicle</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2014 19:50:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:5579c770-44bc-44e0-a54c-684ca3a77393</guid><dc:creator>DAB</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;I would suggest trying it out in a tub or swimming pool before I let it sink or swim in the ocean.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Just a thought,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I do like the idea though.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;DAB&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=17328&amp;AppID=115&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Low cost underwater vehicle</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/wireless-power-ii/b/blog/posts/low-cost-underwater-vehicle</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:34:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:5579c770-44bc-44e0-a54c-684ca3a77393</guid><dc:creator>sleuz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks for sharing your first thoughts and drafts on this, Rich!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Looking forward to your further steps/developments.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Good luck and let us know if we can support anyhow!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Simon&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=17328&amp;AppID=115&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>