Brainstorming

1. This controller would be two seperate ones so that maybe two team members could work on it at the same time. One could conrtol the arm and the other the rov or on the arm and the up and down movements and the other all the other directions.
2. This controller would be similar to the xbox controller or the xbox controller. I would use the shell of the controller so that it is already comfortable for the user. there wold be two joysticks to control the movements and the opening and closing of the arm.
3. My third option nis to use a computer joystick. this would be very easy to use since it was made for the user. it would be very coplicated though because there is a lot of work that goes into creating a specialized controller and modifying it.
4. the next is probably the most straightforward and simple. it is not very user friendly in the fact that it is not molded to our hands or comfortable. it is user friendly though in the fact that it is so simple to use, all the controls are right in front of you and there should be no questions on how to use it.
5. the fifth idea it also pretty straightforward but may be a little more simple. because you are substituting most of the directional buttons for a joystick it is less easy to get the buttons confused.
6. the last idea is replacing all of the buttons with two joysticks. this could be hard because it doesnt make much sense to replace the opening and closing of the arm with a left and a right movement.
   

Below are all of the sketches done over the summer of what our ROV could potentially look like with different ideas for body shape, propulsion and the arm.