Abstract
Access to restricted spaces underwater requires a small unencumbered camera. A low cost solution has been envisaged. It consists of an hermetic capsule enclosing the camera and lights, joined to the host by an umbilical. Along the umbilical go six water carrying ducts. Three of them end at backwards pointing nozzles located at the capsule body. The jets of water flowing from the nozzles are controlled and their forces allow some restricted positioning of the camera. Another three ducts end at nozzles located some distance up the umbilical, and allow a greater manoeuvrability.
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Amat, J., Aranda, J., Villà, R. (1998). Underwater hidrojet explorer camera controlled by vision. In: Casals, A., de Almeida, A.T. (eds) Experimental Robotics V. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 232. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0112992
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