I have finally completed and tested my water sampling rig. The rig is capable of safely sampling water in difficult or impossible to get to areas. It can also cover a lot of ground quickly and sample with cm level precision thanks to the onboard RTK navigation system (think GPS on steroids!). The rig has inbuilt smarts to prevent over filling or cross contamination of the sample vessels.

It is anticipated that anyone doing water sampling will be able to utilise this service. Sampling of tailings dams or other toxic samples is also within the realms of the rig.

Skyhook Imagery have built a robotic water sampling rig that can pump water samples into multiple sample vessels whilst hovering with cm level precision thanks to their RTK equipped airframe.

Author: Brendan Cannell