Deii Posted July 30, 2022 Posted July 30, 2022 A robot created at Stanford University in California dives into shipwrecks and sunken planes in a way that humans can't. Known as OceanOneK, the robot lets its operators feel like underwater explorers, too. OceanOneK resembles a human diver from the front, with arms, hands and eyes that have 3D vision, capturing the underwater world in full color. The back of the robot has computers and eight multi-directional thrusters that help it carefully maneuver around the fragile sunken ships. When an operator on the ocean surface uses controls to steer OceanOneK, the robot's haptic (touch-based) feedback system makes the person feel the resistance of the water, as well as the contours of the artifacts. OceanOneK's realistic tactile and visual capabilities are enough for people to feel like they're diving into the depths, without the dangers or immense underwater pressure that a human diver would experience. Stanford University roboticist Oussama Khatib and his students teamed up with deep-sea archaeologists and in September began sending the robot on dives. The team just finished another underwater expedition in July. So far, OceanOneK has explored a sunken Beechcraft Baron F-GDPV aircraft, the Italian steamship Le Francesco Crispi, a 2nd-century Roman ship off Corsica, a WWII P-38 Lightning aircraft, and a submarine named Le Protect. The Crispi lies about 500 meters (1,640 feet) below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea. "You're moving very close to this amazing structure, and something amazing happens when you touch it: You really feel it," said Khatib, the Weichai Professor in the Stanford School of Engineering and director of the Stanford Robotics Laboratory. "I have never experienced anything like this in my life. I can say that it was I who touched the Crispi at 500 (meters). And I did it, I touched it, I felt it." OceanOneK could be just the beginning of a future where robots take on underwater exploration too dangerous for humans, helping us see the oceans in a whole new way. https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2022/07/30/un-robot-buceador-humanoide-explora-naufragios-en-el-fondo-del-oceano/
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