AUV Sentry
NTSB released El Faro investigation Video (AUV Sentry and HOV Alvin-OV)
On September 18th, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released El Faro investigation video. #AUVSentry as well as Observation Vehicle (“OV”) of #HOVAlvin and the #NDSF_WHOI vehicle operations teams have contributed to this effort significantly and located the voice recorder of El Faro on the seafloor.
Read MoreAUV Sentry revealed new view of Bermuda’s seamounts
Louis Whitcomb, a professor in the JHU department of mechanical engineering and an adjunct scientist at WHOI, has lead #NSFfunded @ NSF_Geo studies on the navigation, dynamics, and control of robotic systems in seafloor with many seamounts, including the shallow Challenger seamount (located at a depth of 164 feet, or 50 meters) to the southwest…
Read MoreAUV Sentry finishing the cruise AE1824 today (with an old sailing mate at BIOS)
The AUV Sentry Team is completing a cruise on R/V Atlantic Explorer (Cruise AE1824) today. This is an NSF-funded science and engineering research expedition lead by Professor Louis Whitcomb (Johns Hopkins University) and Dr. James Kinsey (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) to test a novel directional sensing device and innovative acoustic communication methods. Like any UNOLS…
Read MoreAUV Sentry testing novel technologies on R/V Atlantic Explorer
AUV Sentry is currently sailing on the R/V ATLANTIC EXPLORER with co-Chief scientists Louis Whitcomb of Johns Hopkins and James Kinsey of WHOI. The mission of this expedition is to test novel technologies related to vehicle’s attitude sensing and acoustic communication capabilities. Read more »
Read MoreNDSF vehicles reveal what happened to the El Faro
From the Cape Cod Times: The National Transportation Safety Board found the ship’s wreckage a few weeks after the sinking. In April 2016, with the help of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, it located the voyage data recorder, a device roughly the size of a basketball, in a 13.5-square-mile debris field. WHOI used two unmanned…
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