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| Office of News and Information Johns Hopkins University 901 S. Bond Street, Suite 540 Baltimore, Maryland 21231 Phone: (443) 287-9960 | Fax (443) 287-9920 |
November 19, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Phil Sneiderman prs@jhu.edu |
Johns Hopkins University engineers are using a newly constructed indoor tank filled with nearly 43,000 gallons of water to test navigation and control equipment that allows them to direct a small underwater robot. The robot, called the JHU Remotely Operated Vehicle, is connected by long tether lines to computers outside the tank.
The technology developed and refined is this lab, supervised by Louis Whitcomb, assoociate professor of mechanical engineering, is being used in full-size robotic submersibles that are exploring some of the deepest and most hostile parts of the ocean.
To learn more about this research, watch this short movie about the
project and the new testing facility.
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