Remote Underwater Exploration
Interesting marine and robotic educational facts
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
Quite an amazing find of a huge shark nursery at depth of ~750m off the cost of Ireland. The shark species spotted in the area are Blackmouth catshark, Galeus melastomus, abundant in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, and the more unusual and solitary Sailfin roughshark Oxynotus paradoxus (see the Forbes article for a photo of the sail fin shark).
Full article at: breaking news.ie 08nov18 and Forbes 09nov18
We will be on North Stradbroke Island for the University of Queensland’s Moreton Bay Research Station Open Day on Saturday the 24th of November. Can’t wait to show off the BlueROV2!
Click here for more information about MBRS Open Day
We had an awesome time at the 2018 Spark Festival STEAM Carnival today! Huge thanks to all the volunteers (UTS, CSIRO, Data61, etc) who pitched in to organise such a great event and a special thanks to Spark Co-Founder, Liz Jakubowski.
It was great fun talking to Lillian and helping Jen adjust her buoyancy in the pool for the Daily Telegraph’s Spark Festival preview!
Full article at: Daily Telegraph 20oct18
