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
0
10
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
0
12
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
0
18
It's the robot that has the scourge of the Great Barrier Reef in its sights.
Environment
Sep 3, 2015
0
18
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
0
558
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
0
108
The ocean, which covers the vast majority of the world's surface, holds many secrets. For more than a year a multinational team has tried to find the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on the bottom of it – without ...
Engineering
Apr 23, 2015
0
23
Okayama University researchers in collaboration with industrial partners have developed an innovative underwater robot incorporating intelligent three-dimensional object recognition CCD technology for autonomous search and ...
Robotics
Dec 10, 2014
0
0
In the coming decades, we will likely commute to work and explore the countryside in autonomous, or driverless, cars capable of communicating with the roads they are traveling on. A convergence of technological innovations ...
Engineering
Jun 24, 2014
2
0
(Phys.org) —The news was not good. An underwater drone armed with the best technology on the planet had descended repeatedly to the bottom of the Indian Ocean, trying to find Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Time after time, ...
Engineering
May 30, 2014
0
0
