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Oceanographic Instrumentation “Chris’s idea was to forget the

MBARI researchers head out samples and put the lab in the into Monterey Bay to deploy a long-range autonomous un- ocean, sending only the data derwater vehicle (LR-AUV), an underwater robot that is pro- back. A ‘? rst generation’ ESP grammed at the surface and then travels underwater for was a beta-type robot that hundreds of miles, measuring was deployed once in the Gulf water chemistry and collect- ing water samples as it goes.

of Maine to show that it would work, which it did.”

Dr. Jim Birch,

Director MBARI’s SURF Center

An ESP

Credit: Jim Birch

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