Autonomous Driving Aquarium – Another Geek Moment | DigiKey

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Channel: DigiKey · 2017 · Science & Technology

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Austin and Derek designed an Autonomous Driving Aquarium during their applications engineering internship at Digi-Key Electronics.

The tank has an array of sensors which detect the location of the fish.  Based on that location the tank will drive forward, backward, turn left, right and in anywhere in-between.  The idea stemmed from a hamster ball – Austin and Derek thought if a hamster can roll around in a ball, why can’t a fish do the same?
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