| Stanford’s OceanOneK connects humans sight and touch to the deep sea | |
| By Taylor Kubota |
Source: stanford |
7/20/2022 |
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Credit: Andrew Brodhead |
The diving robot explored sunken planes, ships, and a submarine, and descended nearly 1 km. Special features of OceanOneK allow its operators to feel like they, too, are interacting with these deep-water destinations. |
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As the underwater robot OceanOneK carefully navigated toward the upper deck railing of the sunken Italian steamship Le Francesco Crispi about 500 m below the Mediterranean’s surface this month (roughly a third of a mile), Stanford University roboticist Oussama Khatib felt as though he himself was there. |
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