Underwater robot discovers sea anemones living in ice

Aug. 21, 2014

A vision-enabled underwater robot deployed by the Antarctic Geological Drilling program found a new species of small sea anemones living in the underside of the Ross Ice Shelf off Antarctica. The robot, which is called the submersible capable of under-Ice navigation and imaging (SCINI), has a vision system consisting of a camera module with a tilting-forward camera and fish-eye lens, forward lights, a fixed-downward camera, downward lights, scaling lasers, and a projection cage.>>>Read more.

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Former VSD Editor James Carroll joined the team 2013.  Carroll covered machine vision and imaging from numerous angles, including application stories, industry news, market updates, and new products. In addition to writing and editing articles, Carroll managed the Innovators Awards program and webcasts.

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