A team has shown that reinforcement learning -i.e., a neural network that learns the best action to perform at each moment based on a series of rewards- allows autonomous vehicles and underwater ...

The same technology was used to map the famous Endurance shipwreck, which lies 10,000 feet beneath the water near Antarctica.

The underwater robots can also assess ship hulls and monitor the impact of oil spills. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

With the advancement of ocean detection technology, autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have become an indispensable tool for exploring unknown underwater environments. However, existing sensors ...

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory's (ARL's) National Defense Education Program and Techbrick Robotics hosted the second annual Sea Perch underwater robotics competition at Aberdeen Proving Ground's ...

A collaboration between the U.K.’s National Robotarium and Brazil’s Senai Cimatec is aiming to make hazardous subsea ...

Coral reefs, these vibrant underwater ecosystems, are essential to marine biodiversity and human life. Unfortunately, they are under siege due to the adverse effects of climate change, pollution, and ...

In July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through the eyes of an underwater robot as they explored the Mar del Plata Canyon.