Key points
- Jason Gillham, CTO and co-founder of Impossible Metals, presents full-scale component testing for Eureka III, the company’s production-size collection system.
- Unlike Eureka II, which validated the robotic arms and buoyancy system, Eureka III requires a redesigned conveyor able to take drop points from multiple arms and move nodules into the hopper.
- The team retrofitted a water tank over a couple of days using 3D-printed parts and PVC pipe to build a full-scale conveyor mockup.
- The mockup was tested in the company’s dunk tank.
