EzyMark, easy way to mark a regatta field
Description
EzyMark is a robotic buoy. It is very light, compact, simple to use and designed to easily handle regattas and other events on the water. EzyMark is a small catamaran with 2 electric motors, one under each hull. On top a large colorful windsock makes it very visible, while the underneath counterweight ensures stability. The onboard computer controls harmoniously and precisely the position.
Features
- Extremely light and easy to assemble and place on the water
- Precise GPS controlled position
- App to directly control locally your EzyMark
- Web interface to set the course of a fleet of EzyMarks via Internet/GSM
- Wish even more "ezy": 1 single physical button "stay here"
Specifications
- Weight: 6Kg only, Includ battery and stabilisation
- Dimension: 50x60 cm of floating surface. 100 cm under the water. 200 cm tall flag
- Power autonomy 10 hours. or 20h as option
- Position precision below 1.5 m
- Wind speed up to 60 Km/h. tested with excellent results ... as soon we get more wind we will test it
- Repositioning speed 1m/s. Limited for safety but can drive up to 3 m/s
- Electronics includes a precision GPS, a computer, an heading sensor, GSM, WiFi, BT4, 2 motors controllers, power measure
- Limited GSM data usage for cheap SIM data plans
Options
- Wind sensors
- Differential GPS for precision of 10 cm
- Lighting
- Sound
- Picture and video
- Several flag design and colorful bumpers