Legged Aquatic Robot Provides Non-Intrusive Seabed Monitoring
Moving on six legs, the robot can operate autonomously or under pilot control for up to seven hours of active movement or 16 of observation.
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Seaglider Reveals the Arctic’s Frigid Secrets
By NyxoLyno Cangemi Sitting on a stool in tattered painter’s pants, hiking boots and a green t-shirt, Dr. Jason Gobat looks better suited for an afternoon hike than an Arctic expedition. His blue eyes look larger than life as he peers through the magnification goggles in front of him and down through the smoky plume coming from his solder iron.
Read moreUnderwater Drone Offers 360-Degree Lighting and Video
The 360-ROV is a high definition, 360° spherical, modular ROV and lighting system that uses eight high-definition cameras and a powerful computer to create a live-streaming 360° spherical video. It carries more than 74,000 lumens of white, cool and UV light and captures all viewing angles simultaneously. The 360-ROV has a modular design that allows components to be changed as
Read moreVirtual Immersion Goes Beyond the Surface with Underwater Drones
Christine Spiten is the 27 year old co-founder and chief global strategist of Blueye Robotics, a company making underwater drones that connect with your smartphone, tablet, laptop or a pair of goggles to explore the marine environment 150 meters underwater. Sea Technology caught up with Spiten just a few hours after she emerged from an underwater adventure in the fjords
Read moreAquabotix Wants to Deploy Technology to Assist with Surveying Hurricane Damage
Aquabotix is an underwater robotics company that makes underwater drones called autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and remotely-operated vehicles (ROVs), as well as networked underwater cameras. The company has issued a statement that this kind of equipment could be useful for surveying underwater damage to infrastructure at ports, offshore drilling rigs and various submerged coastal structures. They are launching a new
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