Undersea robot ‘crop duster’ replenishes Great Barrier Reef coral
An undersea robot ‘crop duster’ has been put to work on the Great Barrier Reef in an effort to repopulate areas scorched by coral bleaching.
An undersea robot ‘crop duster’ has been put to work on the Great Barrier Reef in an effort to repopulate areas scorched by coral bleaching.
Researchers from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) have this week returned from a 10 day mission on the Research Vessel Cape Ferguson during which they trialed the use of underwater and aerial drones to run automated surveys of the Great Barrier Reef.
An autonomous floating robot packed with sensors has been deployed to monitor the waters surrounding the Great Barrier Reef.