Students and teachers in Belfast, Maine USA used the FIFISH V6 for marine study trials, including mooring location searches, survey work and marine life cataloguing in Penobscot Bay:
New Corals Discovered on Great Barrier Reef
Australian scientists have identified FIVE previously undescribed coral species in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park with the help of the Schmidt Ocean Institute‘s ROV SUBastian:
Virtual Ocean Talks 2020
The Australian National Maritime Museum is offering a free, virtual Ocean Talk on the 1st of October with the Schmidt Ocean Institute. REGISTER NOW
Australia is an island continent, surrounded by three oceans and multiple seas, which are home to some of the world’s most amazing organisms. Yet with so much water, ocean life and discovery potential, Australia has limited research opportunities. This year, Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor and its remotely operated vehicle (ROV) SuBastian, have been exploring Australia’s deep-sea submarine canyons, seamount and coral ecosystems – bringing to light fascinating new species from coast to coast.
Hear from Drs Carlie Wiener (Schmidt Ocean Institute), Nerida Wilson (Western Australian Museum), and Robert Beaman (James Cook University) as they share some of the amazing surprises and discoveries that have been made for the first time.
Inside the Milne ice shelf
Check out this amazing footage from a kit ROV used by Assoc Prof Derek Muller and his team from Carlton University in Ontario Canada:
MATE ROV Competitors design low-cost ventilators
What an awesome use for budding robotics skills in this pandemic:
The COVID-19 pandemic has abruptly disrupted formal education for millions of students, including many who participate in the MATE ROV competitions. Grant Kahl and Eric Love are two former members of Kepler Enterprises who stayed connected with their MATE ROV competition teammates when they were forced to return home from college. All 10 members of Kepler Enterprises got together to create a self-directed project-based learning experience that no instructor or classroom could replicate.
businessinsider.com 30jun20