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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's New Deep Diving Robot Photographer Source: WHOI's  Latest Deep Sea Explorer Bot - Mesobot Mesobot - the Very Quiet Robot that Records Deep Sea Creatures This is an exciting piece of robotic innovation from the distinguished research organization, The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod.  It's a deep sea diving autonomous robot called Mesobot that can explore and photograph very deep sea creatures at depths of thousands of feet with no noise to disturb them.  Its mission can last for 2 days with virtually no human interference. It has just been announced by WHOI.  For a great news blog on this, go to Important Innovations Collection: Mesobot, Woods Hole Oceanographic's New Robot : WHOI's New Deep Sea Photographer Source:  Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution  Mesobot Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHO...

Robot Explorers Enabled by MIT Algorithm to Calculate Risks vs. Opportunities Source:  MIT Breakthrough New Algorithm for Intelligent Robot Explorers MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute engineers have just created an algorithm that enables marine robots to calculate the risks versus the opportunity of exploring remote ocean regions for scientific research.  This is groundbreaking science.  The researchers believe it could enable fleets of explorer robots to pursue discoveries in the ocean, space and on earth, all the while calculating whether the risks are worth taking.  For a great news blog on this, go to Important Innovations Collection: MIT's New Robot Explorers Calculate Risk : Daring Bands of Robot Explorers for Ocean, Space and Earth Source:  MIT Algorithm Breakthrough by MIT and Woods Hole Oceanograp...

Surprise Find by WHOI Photo by WHOI Underwater Discovery Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute scientists have discovered a massive cold water coral reef in the Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern US.  The scientists believe it's been there for thousands of years. They discovered it last week. Submersible Alvin Spots a Thriving Ecosystem  Using their submersible Alvin that's deployed by the research vessel Atlantis, they collected samples of the coral.  The reef is massive. It's 85 miles long and at a depth of 1/2 mile.  It's about 160 miles off of Charleston, SC.  Cameras onboard Alvin captured the sight of the dense, cold water coral reef.  WHOI scientists say it's a thriving underwater ecosystem. Mountains of Coral According to the scientists, the site is covered with mountains of living coral.  It's growing on top of dead coral that they believe dates back thousands of years.  They found large amounts of a coral called Lophelia pentusa, a whitish,