Murray and eight team members attended VideoRay ROV pilot training in June 2026 at their San Diego Headquarters.
3 days of training with Rob Cornick involved both classroom lectures, demonstrations, and practical training.
Practical training on the pier near the Videoray San Diego Headquarters.
The ROV with 100 m tether in San Diego Harbor.
Everyone got a chance to pilot the ROV – this was Maitri’s turn.
Phil and Maitri cleaned up the ROV after collecting some benthic algae.
Bob Zook –the most experienced ROV pilot and engineer amongst us shows it how it’s done.
Rob Cornick guiding the pilots was an essential part of the training.
Ben Meister getting ready to launch the ROV.
Bob and Alison on the Donner Lake dock running some flight trials with the ROV.
The ROV in Donner Lake.
Steve Kirk (pilot in training) and Bob piloting the ROV in Donner Lake; practicing using the gripper to pick up items on the lake bed.
While diving the ROV in Donner Lake, using the ROV gripper, we retrieved a sunken beach chair!
The ROV could be operated from inside the clubhouse – with operations screen on the large monitor.
ROV gets winter diving experience at Silverthorne Lake, Colorado
The ROV lights are bright through the thin ice cover at Silverthorne lake at night.
Bob drilled down into the ROV operations at Silverthorne Lake, Colorado.
