An Autonomous Ship is Set to Circumnavigate the World Using Docker, Grafana, & Starlink: Project Bob

Join Andrew McCalip of Varda Space Industries as he builds Project Bob—a DIY, solar-powered, autonomous ship aiming to circumnavigate the globe using open source tools like Grafana, Raspberry Pi, and Starlink. Built in public. Streaming live. Powered by community.

Chapters

00:00 – Intro to Project Bob

00:56 – Why an autonomous boat?

01:53 – Satellite engineering background

02:52 – LK-99 and livestream inspiration

03:55 – The circumnavigation route

04:56 – Hardware design: two hulls

06:48 – Software stack: Docker, Redis, Influx

08:49 – Data pipeline with Grafana Cloud

09:54 – Dev setup and driver testing

10:43 – Solar & Starlink system tests

11:38 – Grafana-powered boat dashboard

12:39 – On-water tests and lessons

13:35 – Launch plan and next steps

Check out Andrew's Twitter for updates on Project Bob: (https://www.x.com/andrewmccalip)

Learn more about Project Bob: https://www.projectbob.xyz/

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