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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

#135 - Submersible Robot Can Squeeze Through Ice for Antarctic Research

Interesting article from Wired regarding a collapsible robot that can be delivered to the water beneath Antarctic ice sheets.



The Sub-Ice Rover robot in its
slimmed-down configuration.
(Image credit: Ross Powell, NIU)

The Sub-Ice Rover folds out into deployment mode
during a test in Lake Tahoe, USA.
(Photo: Reed Scherer, Northern Illinois University)


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