VideoRay Underwater Robot Locates Body and Assists Divers in Frozen Minnesota Lake
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The City of Virginia provided the Sheriff's Office with an inflatable haz-mat tent that crews could use to deploy the VideoRay sheltered from bitterly cold temperatures.
Photo credit: Tom Crossmon, St. Louis County Sheriff's Office Rescue Squad |
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A 16 by 30 inch hole was used to launch the VideoRay above the submerged vehicle Photo credit: Tom Crossmon, St. Louis County Sheriff's Office Rescue Squad |
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The VideoRay images the windshield area of the tracked vehicle prior to entering the cab and locating the victim. Photo credit: Tom Crossmon, St. Louis County Sheriff's Office Rescue Squad |
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A view from below.......The tiny sub peers skyward through 6 inches of newly formed clear ice. Photo credit: Tom Crossmon, St. Louis County Sheriff's Office Rescue Squad |
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A view from above......shortly after this photo, the VideoRay was pulled out of Lake Vermilion and used as a "weatherproof video-camera" to document the scene on the Lake's surface. Photo credit: Tom Crossmon, St. Louis County Sheriff's Office Rescue Squad |
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After the recovery operation, crew members Dirk Virsteeg, Dave Phillips, and Dave Cohen pause to examine the sub located 6 inches below them under a layer of clear ice. Photo credit: Tom Crossmon, St. Louis County Sheriff's Office Rescue Squad |