
At its most basic form an autonomous boat
is a great DIY project that you can tackle with
basic hobby parts and relatively few components.
The description here outlines a high-level
approach to making a boat that could work well
in bays or ponds.
Why high-level? Because part of the fun of
being a maker is being a believer in guidelines,
not rules! So if you don’t have a boogie board,
that’s fine, maybe use a couple soda bottles! Or if
you don’t want to buy a motor for the propulsion,
but have an old battery powered fan, great, make
it an airboat!
Start with the following core components,
indicated in Figure
A
:
1
Motor and propeller Propels the ...