Oct 2, 2016 @ 14:56 | This discovery by the Krzysztof Starnawski and team along with ROV beats the previous record holder, 392-meter (1,286-foot) Pozzo del Merro in Italy, by 12 meters (39 feet). A team of explorers led by the legendary Polish diver Krzysztof Starnawski in the Czech Republic has just discovered the world’s […]
Sep 24, 2016 @ 16:26 | Starfish is an underwater tethered robot that can search, grapple and retrieve objects from lake, river and ocean floors. For the average person you can now buy various versions of “copter” drones, depending only on their budget. The point is, when we think of drones, we typically think about […]
Jul 12, 2016 @ 18:49 | SeeByte and MIT are working together to improve the transfer of autonomy research and development between different autonomy systems SeeByte (The company provides clients in the maritime sector with the most advanced software solutions to enhance the capabilities of their underwater sensors, vehicles and systems) and MIT (CSAIL) have announced […]
May 18, 2016 @ 21:44 | Defense and security company Saab presented its remotely operated vehicle (ROV), Sea Wasp, at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition in National Harbor, Maryland. Sea Wasp, which relocates, identifies and neutralizes underwater improvised explosive devices (IEDs), is designed to combat below-the-surface terrorism. To produce the Sea Wasp, Saab leveraged technology […]
May 17, 2016 @ 22:23 | Researchers at the University of Sheffield have created a set of swimming modular robots which could be used during underwater search and rescue operations. The researchers are presenting their research work and findings in this week at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2016) – the world’s largest […]
Apr 28, 2016 @ 14:35 | Oussama Khatib, Professor of Computer science department, Stanford and his team made a humanoid robot, OceanOne, for exploration in deep oceans. OceanOne outfitted with human vision, haptic force feedback and an artificial brain – in essence, a virtual diver. The flagship of King Louis XIV sank here in 1664, […]
Feb 25, 2016 @ 16:39 | Paper demonstrates autonomous underwater vehicles can be pre-programmed to make independent decisions More than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, yet scientists know more about space than about what happens in the ocean. One way scientists are trying to improve their understanding of the marine […]
21 January 2016 | Harvard | Soft robotic grippers improve ability to collect delicate underwater specimens During a 2014 talk on his exploration of deep sea coral reefs, Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY) marine biologist David Gruber showed a video of clunky robotic hands collecting fragile specimens of coral and sponges from […]