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Robots REMUS & REMORA Find Air France 447
Two robots from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute called REMUS & REMORA have found the downed airplane from Air France and recovered the flight recorder or black box. Two years ago Air France flight 447 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean during a storm. What caused the crash is not really known, but now that the [...]
Sentry Robosub Heads To Gulf
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute is sending a robotic submarine called Sentry to the Gulf of Mexico to help examine the oil plume rising from the BP oil disaster. According to oceanographer John Delaney, Sentry looks like “a flying bar of soap.” Sentry can dive up to 4,500 meters deep and is powered by over [...]
World’s Deepest Abyss Reached By Robotic Sub
The autonomous sub or AUV called Nereus has reached the world’s deepest abyss. On May 31 Nereus, with help from a team from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, reached the Challenger Deep abyss in the Mariana Trench. The trench is near the country territory of Guam. Nereus was able to reach a depth of 6.8 [...]