Autonomous Behaving Lagrangian Explorers (ABLEs), underwater robots, Bodega Marine Laboratory, Bodega Bay, California, USA

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"Robot Larvae Deployed at Sea"
‘Minion’-like Robots Reveal Surprising Ways Marine Larvae Move, and What That Means for the Ocean

by Kat Kerlin
August 31, 2016

 

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UC Davis Scientists Deploy "Larvae Robots" into Pacific Ocean

Published on Aug 31, 2016

It's been assumed that tiny microscopic sea larvae are too small to navigate ocean currents, leading many to believe that their survival is based on chance. But that's not how nature works.

UC Davis researchers are using robots to study larvae behavior.

It turns out marine larvae stay much closer to the shoreline than expected, and their abilities have been greatly underestimated. They're able to navigate ocean currents by moving up and down in the water column.

 

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These aren’t minions. They’re robots that swim around solving mysteries

Published on Sep 2, 2016

Scientists just released robots that look like Minions into the Pacific Ocean. The little bots are on a mission to unravel one of the great mysteries of the sea: what the hell are marine larvae up to?

 

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Article "Robot larvae deployed at sea"

by Kat Kerlin
September 2, 2016