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Ocean-Mapping Robots Could Help Uncover Mysteries of the Deep Blue (thestack.com)

Posted by timothy on from the finding-davy-jones'-locker-combination dept.

An anonymous reader writes: A swarm of pumpkin-shaped robots is being developed to map oceans, gathering maritime data for use in tourism, reef monitoring and anti-terrorism among other applications. The Eve robot – or Ellipsodial Vehicle for Exploration – was created by Sampriti Bhattacharyya, a robotics engineer at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT). Inspired by the loss of the Malaysia Airlines plane, the scientist envisions her yellow robots travelling below the water's surface, using their sensors to detect and monitor underwater happenings – both individually and collaboratively.

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  1. Wot about anti-tourism? by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 2

    >> tourism, reef monitoring and anti-terrorism

    What about anti-tourism? I'll bet there's be a market for that too.

  2. Does anyone else get tire of the word "Could" by frnic · · Score: 2

    It seems there is a constant flow of articles here and around the web that spout off about things to COULD happen, or COULD change life as we know it, or COULD have a profound effect.

    Someone wake me when something WILL do something.

  3. 2 hour battery life? by tim.m.holt · · Score: 2

    Yea good luck mapping much with that. And check out the video for it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?... - the very end where they all swarm off the bottom towards a ship is just creepy...

  4. Pumpkin shaped? by spauldo · · Score: 2

    I know pumpkins come in a lot of different shapes, but I've never seen one that was shaped like that.

    They look more like footballs with a flat bottom.

    Neat, though. It'd be interesting to see them in use.

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