Oceans & Coasts: Underwater Robots
Underwater Robots
To COMPLETE this quest, visit one or more of the links above then produce a Creative Reflection about what you found exciting or interesting.
Be sure to include some reasons for your excitement or interest.
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These robots are really interesting because they operate without a pilot or cable to a ship or submersible. These robots include these following systems: power, propulsion, communication, buoyancy control, navigation, and information gathering devices. Since they operate independently, they are able to cover large areas of the ocean floor, as well as monitor a specific underwater area over a long period of time. In addition, you can send instructions and receive data using them.
I researched more about these robots and they are very helpful to ocean exploration. Underwater robots can be use to find endangered marine animals, like whales in Gulf of Maine. The torpedo-shaped underwater robots, called gliders, can read calls from four types of endangered whales and relay their locations in real time. And they can do it in weather too harsh for the plane and boat surveys now relied on to find the whales. In addition, the robotic underwater glider Scarlet Knight crossed the Atlantic over the course of several months in 2009. The technology is used to study oil spill in Gulf of Mexico.
Be sure to include some reasons for your excitement or interest.
Websites:
1, 2
These robots are really interesting because they operate without a pilot or cable to a ship or submersible. These robots include these following systems: power, propulsion, communication, buoyancy control, navigation, and information gathering devices. Since they operate independently, they are able to cover large areas of the ocean floor, as well as monitor a specific underwater area over a long period of time. In addition, you can send instructions and receive data using them.
I researched more about these robots and they are very helpful to ocean exploration. Underwater robots can be use to find endangered marine animals, like whales in Gulf of Maine. The torpedo-shaped underwater robots, called gliders, can read calls from four types of endangered whales and relay their locations in real time. And they can do it in weather too harsh for the plane and boat surveys now relied on to find the whales. In addition, the robotic underwater glider Scarlet Knight crossed the Atlantic over the course of several months in 2009. The technology is used to study oil spill in Gulf of Mexico.