Beauty Of The Journey
On a voyage where most of the crew’s attention is spent on computer screens, systems of wires, programming and lab work, we wanted to make...
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Coordinated Robotics: Highlights and Reflections
The Coordinated Robotics cruise has now finished, and the science team and crew are currently demobilizing in Broome. It was a great two weeks at...
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Lagrangian Float and Scott Reef
Check out this footage for a closer look at some of the scenery the scientists on Falkor are mapping while simultaneously running scenarios to get...
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The Many Challenges of Underwater Communication
For Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV), issues of navigation and communications are often the most difficult problems to address as there are few options for transmitting...
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Falkor Night Owls
Quite accidentally, by trying to meet deadlines of U.S. East Coast media, I came to experience the nocturnal cycle of ship life. Though night watch...
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AUV Sirius: A profile
In nautical terms, a “flagship” is the lead ship in a fleet of vessels. Usually it is the largest, fastest, most heavily armed, or best...
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The Lagrangian Float: A Profile
One of the autonomous underwater vehicles being used on the Coordinated Robotics cruise is a Lagrangian Float. Named after the famous French mathematician Lagrange, Lagrangian...
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Wave Glider: A Profile
Jeffery Oshiro is a Masters Student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the field robotics laboratory under supervision of professor Brian Bingham. He...
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Calibration & Navigation: How do Scientists Prepare Underwater Robotics
Learn how scientists onboard R/V Falkor callibrate their underwater robotics for deployment in the Timor Sea at Scott Reef. Chief Scientist Oscar Pizarro from the University...
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A Shore Break
We have arrived at Scott Reef! The scientists and crew have begun to work on the details for operating robotics from the ship. Logistics are...
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Destination Scott Reef
Falkor’s destination on this research cruise is a remote location known as Scott Reef, nearly 300 km north of the Western Australia coast. Sitting on...
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Fighting the Tide
Even docked, the water rushing under Falkor looks like a powerful river. One Broome local described it as the rhythmic cycle of the ocean breathing, but...
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Robot Nation in the Timor Sea
Yesterday, research vessel Falkor arrived in Broome, North Western Australia under clear skies and calm seas. Despite the nice weather, mobilizing for this cruise was...
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Tools and Teamwork: Introducing Squidle
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) like Sirius and gliders are powerful oceanographic tools that can help scientists obtain seafloor images and other types of data. Currently on...
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