Mesobot
Mesobot Dives into the Twilight Zone for the First Time
The newly developed deep sea robot, Mesobot, dove down to 300m for the first time last week during a successful test and evaluation cruise off Monterey Bay. Mesobot is designed to let scientists observe the twilight zone by autonomously tracking individual animals for hours or even days without disturbing the environment or disrupting their behavior.
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Like its cousin vehicle, the Deep-See, Mesobot will explore the deep, dim waters of the ocean twilight zone, hundreds to…
Read MoreMesobot, Follow that Jellyfish! New robot will track animals in the ocean twilight zone
The idea for the Mesobot sprang from a somewhat tongue-in-cheek request. Dana Yoerger, a scientist and engineer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, was having a chat with his WHOI colleague Larry Madin—a marine biologist. Madin spent much of his career scuba diving to get close to his research subjects: gelatinous animals such as jellyfish and salps.
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