Sentences with phrase «robotic submarine»
A robotic submarine refers to a kind of underwater vehicle that is controlled and operated by a computer, rather than a human. Full definition
Researchers at the University of Aberdeen Marine Biodiscovery Center (MBC) in Scotland found this to be the case last year when studying a bacterial species — Dermacoccus abyssi sp. nov. — found in a mud sample harvested via robotic submarine from the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth, at about 11,000 meters.
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As chief scientist for a voyage of the research vessel Endeavor, oceanographer Melissa Omand oversaw everything from the deployment of robotic submarines to crew - member bunk assignments.
New, improved human - operated and robotic submarines promise to give scientists access to most of the ocean floor, a place less explored than the moon or Mars
A fleet of robotic submarines, based at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), head - quartered in in Southampton, have been used to map vulnerable cold - water coral reefs in the deep ocean off southwest England.
A robotic submarine is scouring the seabed off Perth, Australia, but after covering 314 square kilometres, there is still no sign of the jet.
When Robert Vrijenhoek of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute sent the robotic submarine Tiburon to the nearby seafloor, he and his team hoped it would uncover clam beds.
One organism they have studied is the bacterial species Dermacoccus abyssi sp. nov., found in a mud sample harvested via a robotic submarine from the Mariana Trench.
If the shell is thin, it could mean the moon's ocean receives sunlight and radiation from cracks in the surface, boosting the energy available for life and the chances that future missions could be sent to explore the ocean, potentially with a robotic submarine.
However, only sonar or visual evidence from a robotic submarine can confirm that the signals are from the missing Boeing 777.
Several scientists are poring over data recorded by a robotic submarine that set a distance record for autonomous vehicles when it crossed the Pacific Ocean late last year.
Although NASA terminated funding in 2005 for a proposed Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (which would have searched for evidence of sub-ice, oceanic life on Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede), the Agency was still funding the development of a robotic submarine for exploring the sub-ice oceans of those icy moons in 2007 (Kathleen M. Wong, New Scientist, December 14, 2007).