The project’s two-armed underwater robot is used for complex inspection and maintenance tasks.
But researchers say the more urgent need is for scientific exploration.
Underwater Drones
The Mare-IT project exemplifies how underwater vehicles are becoming more like robots.
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The techniques pioneered by van Rees could lead to new types of UAVs.
To study the ocean effectively, researchers need in-situ measurements with cameras and people aboard submersibles.
“That’s what crewed missions to the seafloor are like.”
Mare-IT
Rae’s company HyperKelp isworking on a systemto monitor glacial meltwater coming off Greenland.
The measurements could give better estimates of global sea-level rise.
His nonprofit is partnering on innovative high-tech submersibles.
