Underwater robot

[suther16]

this is the coolest robot i have ever seen!!!!

[EZtrollin]

looks like a swimming external harddrive

[AATTOOMMBBOOMMBB]

Normal robots can't. Robots of Poseidon could

[mrakmal911]

Nearly about to be Real steel!!

[supermasterchief117]

thats pretty freaking cool :D

[LilyMichaelJackson]

oh no now we cant go under water ahhh people were gonna havesome trouble at the endof the world now !!!!!!!!!!!

[rangerdanger222]

How do they transmit information underwater radio waves?

[achemachew]

@rangerdanger222 You didn't see the wire attached to the unit and controller?

[HellsPlumber]

It's a normal tablet PC in a waterproof box.

[acomaco2]

@HellsPlumber the pressure would probably make it implode, or even impossible to hold on to.

[HellsPlumber]

@acomaco2 Not if the waterproof casing could withstand the pressure. They already make casings for things like that to give them the ability to be used underwater. Admittedly, not as deep but it's certainly possible.

[mcf2001mytube]

If the machine is controlled by Ipad which in turn is controlled by a human being, this machine is not a Robot, but a machine remotely controlled, made a TV.

Robot machines are working from a computer program without human interference.

But all insist this blunder. Why?

[Ratama]

ti looks like a frog will they teach it to eat bugs like that table n power itself

[WhrsTheMoneyLabowski]

...so when can i buy one to bring me beer and sandwiches poolside?

[madewithhearts]

it is so cute! how it wiggles its "feet"

[mackat4ck]

@madewithhearts lol

[lawlerzftwtf]

So why didn't they think of making controllers waterproof before...?

[roidroid]

shame about the attached cable.

how do you transmit data wirelessly underwater anyway? Sonar? Man it'd be terrible bandwidth, or should i say "baud rate"...

oh man, the memories.

watch?v=sgq6j4YmHAk

[askajemiraz]

TOGETHERNESS



[roidroid]

@askajemiraz ROBOT & MAN BFFS

[GawthixGuy]

Also looks like a good anti-shark device.

[topphemelig]

Waterproof iPad xD

[AsciiKid]

That's useless.

The guy controlling it uses two hands; why not just leave him on land where he's at NO risk?

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

@AsciiKid likely because allowing a diver to go to a lower depth, would allow better signal range, opposed to routing the signal through another remote underwater device, which would still have issues with signal degradation.

On top of all that, you then wouldn't need a boat per underwater robot :P

You could drop the diver and bot, then move on and drop another, returning to pick each member up afterward.

[AsciiKid]

@TheReasonWhyGuy touche' =->

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

@AsciiKid Much respect

[EclecticSceptic]

Yay friendly robots :)

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

@EclecticSceptic the world needs more of them :)

[cheesypeesy2]

Right, that thing is gonna get wrecked in the sea :L

[soulhunger1]

I wonder if it uses a water cooling system.

[DerEchteSenf]

Umm... they took until now to come up with an under water remote control?

[pfarabee]

Now robots can be used for a variety of undewater purposes.. like inspecting coral reefs, or exploring caves.. or setting high explosive charges on enemy hulls...

[defect530]

it's about time

[b44styreraug]

I am just wondering, can this thing withstand the high water pressure when it gets deeper into the ocean.

[muumikopio]

@b44styreraug - Probably because the robots are made solid or it lets the water go in so the pressure is equal outside and inside.

[fuunguus]

@b44styreraug

It is fairly easy to make robots pressure-proof or whatever it is called. Manned submarines are the tricky ones since we need a huge amount of air space around us. The electrical components that need air around them are very small in this robot, easy to make very strong so that they can withstand pressures even thousands of meters deep. I am unsure if they make them solid, I can imagine that would create heat problems, it depends on the processor usage of the robot though.

[HeadShot360IN]

@fuunguus you could fill it up with cooking oil (keeps it cool plus doesnt do any short circuiting) (people do this with home desktops computers so they can overclock but not over heat as the cooking oil is able to disapate the heat) plus, it will make it fairly nuetrally boyant, seeing as there is not air to have to counter act by using weighs, and also having to have ari chambers to fill up to make it float.

[SteveDeFacto]

If you can send a human down then why do you need the robot?...

[theshadow170y]

@SteveDeFacto cuz there are places that are impossible for humans to reach? like small tunnels, coral reefs...

[dragonlie]

@SteveDeFacto 1. To send this thing were a diver would be in danger, Ie old wreckage.

2. to send it up your butt crack because no diver wants to swim into that horrid place

( Small cracks one use for this machinery)

[madnesscombat5]

@dragonlie dont respond to these trolls, all they do is go on newscientist videos and say somethig like "buhh wuts dis used for?? pff dis is useless"

[dragonlie]

@madnesscombat5

But sometimes they respond and you can set them right in their chair of lameness

But yeh i know what you mean- I was bored :)

[Goldy151515]

@SteveDeFacto They just explained it to you... so it can get into places we cant.

[fuunguus]

@Goldy151515

Yeah, they should make it smaller tho. But I am sure when that when the product is finished they will make smaller versions :)

[halomage123]

swimming robots are cool, but how about the cure for cancer?

[quosmo1]

A swarm of shark repelling dolphin bots, now that would be nice :)

[scullyy]

you'd really think they'd made waterproof computers already.

[TheNoel]

But the meek pufferfish shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the destruction of miniature submersible robots.

-Psalms 37:11

[FlyMario2]

I love the robot. Cool design. Keep the computer for all I care :)

[smnk3]

I thought we had one of these years ago?

[supersjaak123]

Meh.

[mmsayre]

how is this better than having a second ROV next to the 1st one, and controlling both from the surface? as far as i can tell, the diver doesnt provide much beyond another observation point.

[pubtor]

nixw

[0PsycoDad0]

Drone technology needs to be added. Surveilance is in primaryly military use nowadays. We could easily create a gobal monitoring system for civil use of various eco data.

Swords to ploughshares NOW!

[CognosSquare]

Lame. Not built for the real elements. The ocean is rough. This piece of aquatic machenery would get molested by a meek pufferfish within 5 minutes.

[NwZ2]

@CognosSquare cause you know all the specifics concerning its tolerance level

yup!

shut up, idiot.

[CognosSquare]

@NwZ2 lol, I have been caught by the internet tough guy! Go back to jerking off to megaman vids, fanboy.

[NwZ2]

@CognosSquare gotta love it when people have to stalk you to your user page because they've got nothing of substance to rebut with.

ROFL.

Like i said; you know nothing about this robot nor this experiment. stop acting like you do, twat.

[GA101]

@CognosSquare ever heard of a prototype?

[CognosSquare]

@GA101 oh please. Call me when they put some military grade anti-rape coating on those cute little flippers. The moluscs will be passing this "the sub that could" around, when in the real ocean.

Best case scenario would be if it could get out there and punch the biggest fish in the face right from the get go. That will teach them respect and that might keep the sealife of its back for a while. Then it should align with the mighty manatees or the sly eels for protection.

[GA101]

@CognosSquare they've already developed a similar coating for military divers in the 1980's, that reduces the risk to as low as 10%.

It used to be massive problem for their black ops getting raped by gay fish all the time and aborting the mission. Mind you it still can't stop kanye west, but at least it reduces the risk to a dry bumming.

[admiralPs]

@CognosSquare of course your write. but wait a few years and its improoved and eventulay it will be operating in rough waters.

[fcdog555]

@CognosSquare You are not very intelligent are you...This is called a protobot...it is in its testing phase....

[ToothpasteKing]

@CognosSquare The robot was just used to test the computer out though, it has nothing to do with the actual videos.

[niiidar]

@CognosSquare

Well, it's obviously a proof of concept.

[manicmads]

@CognosSquare They're testing to see if such a thing can work underwater. Then after seeing how it acted, they'd move on to making it a little more seaworthy.

[digitalni]

@CognosSquare awesome description :)

[AManOfHope]

@CognosSquare It's not so much the robot as it is the computer. They are just testing the concept.

[xero993]

@CognosSquare Dude, check out the other videos of this beast, it's called the H-REX from Bostom Dynamics and when it's operating on land it can survive nearly anything - they let it bounce down a bunch of boulders and when it reached the bottom it simply moved its legs the right way up and went off on it's way again.

[Razzfazz87]

@CognosSquare yeah! babies arent built to go on a construction site from the day of birth neither

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

@CognosSquare IDIOT, the video wasn't about the thing the controller was controlling, but about the controller :P

[Borridd]

@CognosSquare I think this is just a concept robot, showing off the controller.

[novacrystalas]

Just wait till they make the big ones with huge fins and weapons. There'll be underwater mining! Rare MINERALS. DAMN RIGHT.

[gosucoaching]

Boooring. Must put weapons on it. :/

[MarcoFriendino]

@gosucoaching LOL

[wallofjustin]

damn it's cute

[CannonBolt112]

@wallofjustin true dat

[RarewareLover]

@wallofjustin yea haha 

[MilitantPeaceist]

Kewl, now I can get back my old fishing rod!!

[superhelt33]

yeah and im second :P

[gosucoaching]

1st? :/

[VulgarityDivine]

@gosucoaching Gratz to all who are first you have watched the video when it's quality was at it's worst