Remote Underwater Exploration
Interesting news and activities
We love hearing about the next generation of scientists and explorers! Congratulations Rehan!
Rehan noticed and studied with the help of his father the interaction between brown-spotted wrasse fish and common WA octopus. The fish follows the octopus around while it is foraging – called nuclear-follower behaviour – so the fish can score an easy meal, flushed out by the octopus.
Amazing to learn that cuttlefish are so SMART! This research from the University of Cambridge shows that cuttlefish pass a (modified) Stanford Marshmallow Test, designed to test understanding of delayed gratification in young children:
We are so excited to see the progress Andrew has been making with Buoyboy:
He has been using Blue Robotics T200 motors and ESCs for one of the prototypes…
Interesting to see a “buyers guide” for ROVs but we find it a bit skewed towards the Chinese-made, consumer units and doesn’t provide much about more robust, frequent-use, commercial ROVs available. Still, a good starter’s guide:
The US’ National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released ROV video and still images of wreckage from a cargo plane that crashed off Hawaii on July 2nd:
The wreckage is too deep for divers to reach so ROV/submersible recovery plans are being made to further investigate the cause of the dual engine failure.