New breed of robot to monitor oceans, coral reefs
“Next year an inexpensive but technologically advanced autonomous underwater robot is expected to hit the market to boost scientists’ efforts to monitor an area that covers two-thirds of the planet’s surface. The Starbug will keep tabs on water quality, map fish habitat and survey threatened coral reefs. Starbug’s designer, scientist Matthew Dunbabin, told Green Wombat that the little yellow robot also could be deployed to monitor fish populations and detect over-fishing as well as for use in underwater gas and oil exploration and to patrol harbors. DevelopeStarbug2d by Dunbabin’s team at the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, the 4-foot-long (1.2 meter) Starbug (CSIRO photo above) is highly manueverable thanks to innovative thruster technology that lets it explore coral reefs and other areas off limits to traditional - read big and heavy - submersibles. ”
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