Remote Underwater Exploration
Interesting marine and robotic educational facts
ROV exploration at depths of 800m off the coast of Queensland revealed surprising living fossils and strange life forms. Amazing discoveries like a sea lily, nautilus, sea toad, and others, thanks to funding by the Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM) at the University of Bremen in Germany.
Full article at: ABC Far North 20jan16
Queensland University of Technology’s RangerBot, initially designed to identify and control the Crown Of Thorns Starfish (COTS) plague, is showing how versatile it really is by helping to spread coral larvae along the Queensland coastline. Great idea!
Full article at:Â QUT news 01nov18
Congratulations to National University of Singapore for coming in first place in the 2018 RobotX Marine Challenge and to Queensland University of Technology for their second place finish! Great job also to University of Sydney who received a Judge’s Special Award for Buffer Overflow and University of Newcastle for their Judge’s Special Award for being a Lead Foot.
Full listing available at: 2018 RobotX Final Standings
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
In honour of Australia’s Shark Week, here is some information about our own Epaulette Shark that can be found on Heron Island: