Blog - underseaROV

10/12/201813/12/2018

Three Aussie teams at RobotX 2018

There are three teams from Australia participating in this year’s RobotX Challenge on Oahu, Hawaii. RobotX is a highly complex robotic competition that focuses on autonomous surface vehicle platforms and sensors.

This year, students are challenged to design, build and deploy an autonomous vehicle that will “listen” for and follow underwater signals, navigate obstacles, scan for codes and find totems.

We are wishing all these teams the best of luck with this monumental challenge!

University of Sydney’s Rowbot
Queensland University of Technology’s TeamQUT

Updates available on RoboNation’s Facebook page

03/12/201806/12/2018

Shark Monitoring Strategy

One more for Shark Week – an article about a new shark monitoring technique thanks to the University of Newcastle, in collaboration with Macquarie University and the Sydney Institute:

Full article at: The Herald 02dec18

02/12/201806/12/2018

Aussie Epaulette Shark

In honour of Australia’s Shark Week, here is some information about our own Epaulette Shark that can be found on Heron Island:

28/11/2018

ROVs for Container Search and Recovery

ROVs are being used to survey the NSW Coast off Newcastle to locate and inspect containers lost off the YM Efficiency in June of this year.

Full article at: Marine Link 13nov18

19/11/2018

Bone-eating worms discovered

It is fascinating to learn what new and exciting creatures scientists are still discovering in our oceans! And how fun that some of these incredible bone-eating worms were named after ROV pilots, ROVs, and even Jabba the Hut. Full article at: Phys.org 08may18

Worms in the genus Osedax grow on the bones of dead animals on the deep-sea floor. In this case, the worms are growing on the vertebrae of a dead whale. Credit: MBARI Bone-eating worms on whale carcass (credit MBARI)