Marine robot fleets seek to revolutionise ocean exploration

​Squads of Adaptive Robots (SoAR)

Source: Planet Ocean

A fleet of marine robots that can tackle complex offshore tasks is poised to change traditional approaches to ocean exploration.

Squads of Adaptive Robots (SoAR), a two-year collaborative research and development initiative was led by the developer of ecoSUB AUVs, Planet Ocean.

It aims to demonstrate how large-scale survey and exploration missions can be achieved by going beyond the limitations of individual AUVs.

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