Innovation

This Mermaid Robot Helps Scientists Hunt for Sunken Treasure

UNDER THE SEA

You have to feel it to believe it.

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Frederic Osada/DRASSM/Stanford

More than 330 meters below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea, OceanOneK, a humanoid submersible developed by Stanford University’s Robotics Lab, closed in on its target: the Aléria, a 2nd-Century Roman shipwreck that held ancient treasure.

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