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The United States Navy has tested a new self-driving, manta ray-shaped underwater drone that can hibernate on the sea floor for long periods. The prototype is part of a project to develop a new class of underwater drone capable of carrying out much longer missions – without supervision or the need to …

Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) have changed ocean exploration with their cutting-edge technology. These sophisticated drones take users to unchartered underwater spots, marine ecosystems, geological formations, and species that thrive in the ocean’s abyss. Equipped with advanced sensors, cameras, and sometimes manipulative arms, ROVs can gather high-resolution imagery, physical samples, …

A fleet of unmanned, remotely piloted boats will be launched next year to help detect illegal vessels entering Australian waters. Key points: Unmanned ocean drones will be launched next year to help patrol Australian waters The first successful, unassisted sail took place last week between Botany Bay and Ulladulla The …

David Chadwell and a team of geophysicists have created a drone that is capable of detecting earthquakes within a subduction zone — something that current technology has a hard time achieving.The new drones will replace ships that are capable of tracking acoustic beacons along the seafloor, which in turn can …

Earlier this week, a hydrogen-powered delivery drone managed to make a one-hour, 43-minute ocean crossing. New Atlas reports: The exercise was the result of a collaboration between Texas-based drone development company Guinn Partners, Georgia-based Skyfire Consulting, the U.S. Department of Health, and drone manufacturer Doosan Mobility Innovation — the latter …

James Hunter, a marine archaeologist with the maritime museum, said “the ocean was probably the last unexplored territory on this planet”. “There are areas of our own oceans that we know nothing about,” Dr Hunter said. “We know more about the moon that we do about our own oceans.” Dr …