Robertson goes hi-tech to find his lost camera on seabed

Ryan Taylor September 27, 2013 1

He is perhaps best known for being creative with well-known works by famous singer-songwriters, but now Steven Robertson has shown his inventive side extends to machines as well.

Steven Robertson's underwater search vehicle, the — Steven Robertson’s underwater search vehicle, the “Sea Rover”.The man who became something of an internet sensation with his somewhat Shetland-style take on Tracey Chapman’s hit number *Fast Car* at this year’s folk festival has used technical know-how to locate a lost piece of sophisticated camera equipment.

Mr Robertson lost his high definition Go-Pro video camera while recently out windsurfing in the Catfirth voe. But, not to be out-done, he turned his hand to creating a remotely-operated, underwater search vehicle – using plumbing pipe, a skip DVD player, a fishbox, an Amiga joystick and other random items apparently found on ebay.And perseverance has certainly paid off for the inventive entertainer.

The device, christened “Sea Rover”, actually helped Mr Robertson find – and more crucially, retrieve – the lost camera.

Could a patent be pending for Mr Robertson’s new device? Or, at the very least, a high-pressure appearance before the panel of Dragons’ Den? If nothing else, it could make for good material for his next song.