Sentences with phrase «robotic submersible»

Researchers at the University of Southampton have captured unprecedented data about some of the coldest abyssal ocean waters on earth — known as Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW)-- during first voyage of the yellow robotic submersible known as Boaty McBoatface, which arrived back in the UK last week.

We could build a fleet of robotic submersibles that would dive deep down into the dark and capture organic material that contains iron that would otherwise settle to the bottom, and bring it up and digest it and release the iron into the brightly sunlit water where plankton require it.

Bath engineers say Gymnobot might inspire lighter, more efficient robotic submersibles.

Not exact matches

To really plunge into the ocean's dark mysteries, you need a submersible — as director James Cameron splashily demonstrated in March when he descended nearly seven miles (35,756 feet, to be exact) aboard Deepsea Challenger, a 24 - foot vessel equipped with a robotic sampling arm.

Rack and his team drilled a hole through the 890 - foot - thick (270 meters) ice shelf and lowered down a robotic vehicle known as the SCINI ROV (Submersible Capable of under - Ice Navigation and Imaging - Remotely Operated Vehicle) on a tether.

The submersible had been at sea for more than a year, one of a fleet of four robotic vehicles called Wave Gliders launched by Sunnyvale, Calif. — based Liquid Robotics.

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