I’ve followed various instructions on the internet, such as submarineboat.com, homebuiltrovs.com and others. It’s built from an IKEA shelf but I’m planning to make it more beautiful eventually. I’ve got two versions of the controller, one just using switches and one using an Arduino Microcontroller. Using a USB extender over network cable for the camera.

I got a bad itch from the epoxy. Please be careful with that stuff. Use better gloves than I did.

Not tested in water yet (the floats aren’t shown in the picture).

Update 1: Check the separate ROV-page on the left. 

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