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NASA’s Student-Designed Explorer Launches Today
Whether you think it's our fault or not, the simple fact of the matter is that the Earth is heating up—so much so that last summer's heat caused surface melting along an unprecedented 97 percent of the Greenland ice sheet. Now, researchers are turning to an ever-ready solar rover to survey the damage.
    
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This Automated Land Mine Hunter Finds Its Explosive Quarry by Flailing About
How a Classic Deep Sea Robot will Sweep 98 Percent of the Ocean Floor [Monster Machines]
Over the course of 4,400 dives, Alvin has done just about everything. Its recovered lost nukes, explored the ruins of the HMS Titanic, and upturned our understanding of the deep sea with the discovery o...
How a Classic Deep Sea Robot will Sweep 98 Percent of the Ocean Floor [Monster Machines]
Over the course of 4,400 dives, Alvin has done just about everything. Its recovered lost nukes, explored the ruins of the HMS Titanic, and upturned our understanding of the deep sea with the discovery o...
Robot Sub Surveys Radioactive Ponds So You Don’t Have To [Monster Machines]
Superfund cleanup sites are not places you really want to hang around. So how does one survey a radioactive fuel storage pond without taking a dip? Send in a radiation-resistant ROV, of course. More&...
This Football-Sized Robot Sub Handles Law Enforcement’s Underwater Beat [Video]
From inspecting cargo ships in NYC Harbor to searching for missing persons in South Texas, law enforcement is increasingly supplementing its human divers with these football-sized remote submersibles. ...