Hydrophones
Our hydrophones are a powerful tool for figuring out where we are in the water. Using 4 hydrophones, we can calculated our bearing to the pinger. For details, see Pinger Bearing.
Testing Procedure
Materials:
1 tub of water
1 pinger
Hydrophone Test Rig
Test Rig:
Procedure:
ssh into the sub
roslaunch robosub cobalt.launch
rosrun robosub pinger_bearing
rostopic echo /hydrophones/bearing
Manipulate hydrophones & Observe bearing readings