SAMS Ocean Explorer
SAMS Ocean Explorer
Scottish Association for Marine Science
The robots helping us to protect nature
35 minutes Posted Sep 24, 2025 at 1:00 pm.
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The term 'robotics' is fairly wide reaching. From amateur enthusiasts to teams of developers working on the next ingenious idea, there are many applications too. Environmental scientists are excited about a new-found capability in environmental monitoring. Surveying an area of land or sea that would previously have taken days - even many weeks - can now be done in minutes, thanks to autonomous vehicles and their hi-tech payloads of cameras and sensors. In this episode, Dr Niall Burnside...