autonomous underwater robots

A really quiet underwater glider can monitor ocean conditions for months at a time and not disturb the marine environment
Nina Mahmoudian (center) and her students have developed an underwater glider that can operate silently
Robots on land, air or sea are now able to operate indefinitely with a new automatic docking system
A yellow underwater robot (left) finds its way to a mobile docking station to recharge
A smart AUV maps phytoplankton to help seabird populations

Phytoplankton form the base of the marine food chain but are notoriously difficult for scientists

Teaching marine robots to take calculated risks

Algorithm could help autonomous underwater vehicles explore risky but scientifically-rewarding environments. We know far less

Underwater robot can identify and kill crown-of-thorns starfish while monitoring overall reef health

An underwater drone that can keep watch on reef health and accurately identify and inject

Paper demonstrates autonomous underwater vehicles can be pre-programmed to make independent decisions

More than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, yet scientists know

Starfish-killing robot close to trials on Great Barrier Reef

  An autonomous starfish-killing robot is close to being ready for trials on the Great

Intelligent deep sea robotics: Autonomous underwater robot with intelligent 3D cameras for high precision search and tracking in deep seas

Intelligent deep sea robotics: Autonomous underwater robot with intelligent 3D cameras for high precision search

An eel-lectrifying future for autonomous underwater robots

From cumbersome dinosaur undercover to anguilliform spy? On 24 October 2014, Sweden called off the

Team Creates Realistic Robot Carp, First Robot Fish with Autonomous 3-D Movement

Research paves the way for the designing and engineering of more efficient autonomous underwater vehicles