Meet the Robots On the Oil Leak's Front Lines
Technology As oil spill estimates continue to worsen, frustration in the Gulf Coast is reaching a boiling point. But one possible reason people may feel like nothing is happening… As oil spill...
View ArticleComing Soon: European-Designed Robotic Underwater Vehicles That Can Work in...
Technology A team of unmanned subs developed by European researchers could use new software to work together as a team, exploring the ocean's deepest secrets, conducting… A team of unmanned subs...
View Article'Echo Seeker' Submarine Patrols The Seafloor On Its Own
Technology There are robots on the bottom of the ocean There is water on the bottom of the ocean, and Boeing’s Echo Seeker unmanned submarine is designed to explore a lot of it. NOAA, the National...
View ArticleWatch The Navy's Amphibious Drone Land On The Sea
Military They call it Flimmer The Naval Research Lab is testing a flying drone that can land on water and then travel like a submarine below the surface. Designed to carry sensors into places...
View ArticleThe Navy Wants A New, Far-Reaching Robot Submarine
Military Preparing the oceans for the wars of tomorrow Like expectant parents eagerly picking out names for their firstborn children, no Pentagon project is really real until it gets a terrible...
View ArticleBoeing Patented A Drone That Flies, Submerges, And Swims
Military More than meets the eye For the Navy, flying robots just aren’t enough anymore. To truly fulfill the maritime combat branch's mission, designers are making unmanned flying machines that can...
View ArticleAutonomous Underwater Robots Could Cause Deadly Accidents, Warns UN Think Tank
Military The “U” in U-boat now stands for “unmanned” The next sea change in naval warfare may be unmanned, autonomous robots. In a new white paper published by the United Nations Institute for...
View ArticleKickstart This Sleek Drone Submarine
Gadgets Unmanned, underwater, still not untethered With under two days left before the project closes, OpenROV's Trident has already raised over $760,000 of their initial $50,000 goal. With under two...
View ArticleCrab Fisherman Nabs Sea Drone Instead
Military Lost little war machine finds friendly folks In Maryland, a crab fisherman caught a Northrop Grumman drone… In Maryland, a crab fisherman caught a Northrop Grumman drone…
View ArticleDigitizing The Oceans In Real Time
Science The National Science Foundation has built a global observatory under the sea The National Science Foundation is on A Voyage for Big Data…
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