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Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts) Mon Jan 22, 2018, 02:51 AM Jan 2018

24 Underwater Drones The Boom in Robotics Beneath the Waves

By Tom Metcalfe, Live Science Contributor | January 21, 2018 09:15am ET

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Robotics Beneath the Waves

Aerial drones have buzzed their way into almost every aspect of the modern world, from photography and television news coverage, to environmental monitoring and archaeology.

And many of the concepts developed for aerial drones are being adopted and adapted to work in a very different environment — underwater.

Here's a look at 23 of the many ways that drones are being used beneath the waves, by oceanographic scientists, archaeologists, militaries, commercial divers, photographers and undersea explorers.

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24 Underwater Drones The Boom in Robotics Beneath the Waves (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jan 2018 OP

Since they don't need power to hover, underwater drones are more practical in many ways. eppur_se_muova Jan 2018 #1

eppur_se_muova

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1. Since they don't need power to hover, underwater drones are more practical in many ways.

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Mon Jan 22, 2018, 11:47 AM

Jan 2018

Under the name ROV (remotely operated vehicle) they've been around since the 1970's. But helicopter drones have made the term "drone" sexy, so they all have to be renamed now, and described as if they were a new invention. :^/

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