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  Project 8: Guided Surface Vehicles

Principal Investigator (PI): Dr. Eric Steimle

140 7th Avenue S.
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701
Tel: (727) 873-4871        Fax: (727) 873-4526

Guided Surface Vehicles (GSV’s) are finding a niche as mobile instrument platforms. They are versatile, inexpensive and easily configurable. USF-SP’s GSV (dubbed “Rocky”) is outfitted with a wireless computer interface that allows instrumentation to be deployed and controlled by a remote user or autonomously by the vehicle. Rocky is currently 72” long and 38” wide, has a 250 pound payload capacity and can travel at speeds up to 4 knots. Rocky is battery powered, utilizing a twin screw design for steering, making it highly maneuverable.

Guided surface vehicle airboat. Students collected lake core samples. HPLC hosted in the lab. lake image. shoreline image. Diatom image.
 
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