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Seems like small cave exploration robots are well within reach for current technology. Any HN billionaire up for funding the development?
by BurningFrog 2y ago
Seems like small cave exploration robots are well within reach for current technology.
Any HN billionaire up for funding the development?
- throwup238 2y agoNASA worked with a commercial partner to develop the SUNFISH [1][2] for future exploration of Europa. It's been used to explore underwater caves and they have a video showing the generated data from Peacock Springs [3] [1] https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/22sunfish/features/sunfish/sunfish.html https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/22sunfish/featur... [2] https://sunfishinc.com/ https://sunfishinc.com/ [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpKFkrUeF9o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpKFkrUeF9o
- jareklupinski 2y agowill probably never get those commas, hopefully wont need them because this video by Polish students made one of my 'retirement projects' "underwater ROV" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2kChvtPxyw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2kChvtPxyw they're hurrying along though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZucylrwaK0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZucylrwaK0
- willcipriano 2y agoA submarine drone could probably be done as a hobby project with a fairly limited budget.
- dahdum 2y agoThere already is a company doing this, I’ve heard the CEO speak at a conference. They are heavily involved in the cave diving community and will likely start making long distance mapping records in the next few years. https://stoneaerospace.com/ https://stoneaerospace.com/