Moving through water can be a drag, but the use of supercavitation bubbles can reduce that drag and increase the speed of underwater vehicles. Sometimes these bubbles produce a bumpy ride, but now a team of engineers from ...
Soft Matter
Jun 16, 2016
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Drones and other remote-controlled and autonomous vehicles face a series of challenges when deployed in harsh and cold environment. Cool humid air ices down wings, propellers and crucial sensors on aircraft, and low temperatures ...
Engineering
Apr 12, 2016
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When I was offered a spot in the science team for the Popping Rocks cruise I got really excited: My first research cruise! The open ocean! Mid-ocean ridge basalts! HOV Alvin dives! Escaping the New York City winter! At the ...
Robotics
Mar 25, 2016
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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.
Robotics
Feb 23, 2016
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Autonomous underwater vehicles are essential for tasks such as exploring the seabed in search of oil or minerals. Fraunhofer researchers have designed the first robust, lightweight and powerful vehicle intended for series ...
Engineering
Feb 1, 2016
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Harbor seals have an amazingly fine-tuned sense for detecting prey, as marine biologists have noted for years. Even when blindfolded, trained seals are able to chase the precise path of an object that swam by 30 seconds earlier. ...
Engineering
Oct 15, 2015
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Robotic arms help Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) techs to neutralize underwater mines. Autonomous underwater vehicles map out a ship's hull in blackness beneath the water. And hundreds of personnel from six nations come ...
Engineering
Oct 3, 2015
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It's the robot that has the scourge of the Great Barrier Reef in its sights.
Environment
Sep 3, 2015
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Rutgers marine scientist Thomas Grothues is well known for his expertise in tracking fish. He was recruited last year by a colleague from England to track a rarely seen shark species in the Philippines.
Ecology
Aug 17, 2015
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University of Delaware doctoral student Danielle Haulsee is the lead author on a paper reporting the combined use of underwater robotics and acoustic telemetry to understand sand tiger shark habitat and migration in the Delaware ...
Ecology
Jun 3, 2015
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