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One of ten robots that examined an area of 800 cubic kilometers in northern Monterey Bay, over the course of 24 days, in 2006.

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Teams of Robots Can Help Us Build 3D Maps of the Ocean

August 2017

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One-meter-tall plastic drifters are released into the Gulf of Mexico in 2012. Over 300 of these drifters were released and their location information was sent to researchers every five minutes through GPS satellite.

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CARTHE Drifters: Where does oil go when it is spilled?

February 2014

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Carrie Bow Cay field station sits in the blue and turquoise waters of Belize.

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Tracking volcanic rock to the shores of Belize

August 2012

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The robotic underwater glider Scarlet Knight crossed the Atlantic over the course of several months in 2009.

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Underwater Robots Explore the Ocean

October 2010

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