Canada’s AQUA-bot invades G20

AQUA2 Specs:

• Body: The AQUA2’s six legs are coordinated by an onboard control computer and motor controller components including gait generation software.
• Vision subsystem: A second onboard PC104+ processor and software suitable for image and video acquisition enable computationally intensive vision tasks including onboard stereo and visual target localization.
• Front and rear camera modules: One or two front or rear mounted digital cameras provide navigation, data acquisition or stereo reconstruction of the local environment.
• Battery pack: Two lithium-ion battery packs provide roughly five hours of operational time.
• Operator control unit (OCU): A self-contained operator control unit allows the vehicle to be operated using an optical fiber tether.
• Communications: The AQUA2 can be networked with other devices including the OCU via an optical tether system or wireless Ethernet (802.11g) for operation out of the water. The AQUA2 can also be visually programmed to perform basic tasks using encoded cards held up to its camera.

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