Last month we told you about underwater robotic snakes that could change the subsea industry. This month, another robot, this time with a more human face, is making headlines. Researchers at Stanford University have developed OceanOne, a humanoid robotic diver that enables the exploration of depths unreachable by human divers. Meka Robotics and the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia supported the robot's development. The technology, which combines robotics, artificial intelligence and haptic feedback systems, was first used to recover treasures from King Louis ⅩⅣ's wrecked flagship La Lune. With the expedition's success, Ous-sama Khatib, a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford, hopes the robot will one day be used to take on highly skilled underwater work that is too dangerous for human diver such as oil-rig maintenance or underwater disaster situations.
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