David Lang: My underwater robot
David Lang: Il mio robot sottomarino
David Lang is a maker and the co-founder of OpenROV, a community of ocean lovers who build underwater robots. Full bio
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che lo rende davvero unico.
of how it got started.
su come è iniziato questo progetto.
questa grotta sott'acqua
and we wanted to go up there.
e volevamo andare a vedere.
di progettazione di un robot,
avrebbe fatto nella nostra situazione:
our intentions and our plans
le nostre intenzioni e i nostri piani.
abbiamo iniziato a ricevere dei commenti
su come procedere.
Abbiamo imparato molto.
to the cave. We were ready.
Eravamo pronti.
became quite a story,
divenne una storia famosa,
in circa due ore,
had this money to make these kits.
avevamo i soldi per costruire questi kit.
per contenere la nostra attività in crescita.
abbiamo costruito tutti i kit,
which was a big help to us,
any venture-backed counterpart.
di qualsiasi altra azienda a capitale di rischio.
di esploratori oceanografici fai da te
was much more valuable.
era molto più prezioso.
the James Camerons of the world,
ai vari James Cameron del mondo,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Lang - MakerDavid Lang is a maker and the co-founder of OpenROV, a community of ocean lovers who build underwater robots.
Why you should listen
David Lang is a maker whose craving for adventure turned him into an amateur ocean explorer. A few years ago Lang and NASA engineer Eric Stackpole went looking for lost gold (literally) in an underwater cave in the foothills of the Sierra Navada. But they weren't quite sure how to go about it. Without much expertise (or money), the two put initial designs for an underwater robot explorer online. Soon OpenROV was born: a community of citizen ocean explorers who build and constantly improve upon these small remote operated underwater robots.
Lang is also the author of Zero to Maker and a 2013 TED Fellow. He lives on a sailboat in the San Francisco Bay.
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