Under Water Robotics

In this video two students, David Heinz and David Clifton, get an underwater robot and they take it apart piece by piece and explain what each part does. Some of the things they take apart are: the beluga that they use for testing, the vertical thruster, the foam top, and other things. This video also shows how the robotic moves in the water.

Since robots can do more in the ocean than humans can this is a good way for robots to take humans place in underwater activity. For humans it is dangerous and hard to explore the ocean. This machine is a combination of a remote controlled vehicle that has multiple thrusters to move it around and two robot arms. The creator of this robot (below) is Schilling Robotics.

Below the robot is called a biomimetic (which is a mimicking biology) lobster. It was created by the Northeastern University Marine Science Center. These kinds of robots may mimic muscle action, neuromophic sensors, they are like animal sensors. If a robot like 

This autonomous underwater robot was created as a prototype by students from the University of Sydney in Australia in the Australian Centre for field Robotics center. These prototypes might be able to monitor and explore the reef of the Great Barrier. The robot is called Oberon. It must stay attached to a boat that is on the surface of the water. The creators of the Oberon are predicting that in 10 years underwater robots will be able to be lowered onto the ocean’s floor and be able to be detached and will be able to map the terrain by itself.   

In this video it shows the first underwater computer. It is able to control an underwater robot, so if you are in the ocean and so is you are underwater robotic you can use this to guide it. You may think that this underwater computer is an iPad, but it is not. This underwater computer is a tablet; divers aren’t able to check their email. This computer tablet is used to communicate with underwater robots. 

http://www.learnaboutrobots.com/undersea.htm