How does Santa get presents to the deep sea? With ocean robots of course! Enjoy Oceaneerings Holiday Card with 8 tiny ReinROVs. And if you…
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Nereus confirmed lost
In 2009, Nereus was the new $5 million hybrid-transformer-multipurpose-all knowing-swiss army knife of deep-sea research from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Nereus, primarily funded by NSF (…
View More Nereus confirmed lostFirst Atlantic Cross by a Submersible Robot
She was at sea for 221 days. She was alone, often in dangerous places, and usually out of touch. Her predecessor had disappeared on a…
View More First Atlantic Cross by a Submersible RobotHosta la Vista, Nereus
Wood’s Hole’s Nereus was offloaded off the R/V Cape Hatteras today. Stood by to watch it get packed up. It was a tight fit with…
View More Hosta la Vista, NereusThe New Navy Has Both Faster and Unmanned Subs
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which commissions research for the Defense Department, gave Electric Boat a truckload of money in 2006 to design a…
View More The New Navy Has Both Faster and Unmanned SubsDeep-Sea Transformer Sets Record
At the beginning of May we discussed Nereus, the new $5 million hybrid-transformer-multipurpose-all knowing-swiss army knife of deep-sea research from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. The…
View More Deep-Sea Transformer Sets RecordTransformers Into the Deep
From BBC News… If successful, Nereus will be the first autonomous vehicle to visit the 11,000m (36,089ft) Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean. Only two…
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