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SAMS’ ? eet kayak that will be able to go on longer in a gap between toy drones and military sample gathering missions. Unlike the grade vehicles – is being driven by ac- • Three Seagliders 1K (Talisker, Ar-

UAV, it’ll also be able to collect un? l- cessibility to miniaturized components dbeg and Corryvreckan) – owned tered samples where the algae will be made cheap enough by the mass mobile by SAMS.

undamaged for analysis. The sampling phone manufacturing industry, he says. rates are yet to be fully formulated; be- This ability means scientists can design • SAMS also use other gliders ing another trade off, between coverage systems around a question they want owned by the Marine Autono- area and resolution. answering, instead of trying to make a mous and Robotic Systems

It’s all being built from standard hob- system ? t. It’s only going to get easier, (MARS) ~30 in the national pool) byist aircraft components – with differ- he says, as systems learn to talk to each ent software – and some small thrusters other, even if on different protocols. • 1 Remus 600 AUV – owned by that will enable it to be programmed to There’s plenty more going on at

SAMS go on automated routes, all at a cost of SAMS. For example, under a NEXUSS under $400, says Dr. Anderson. It’ll also - Next Generation Unmanned Systems • 1 Gavia Offshore Surveyor AUV – have a glass dome with a spectrometer to Science - project, Jason Salt is using a owned by MARS detect algal blooms and light. “It’s an af- Seaglider to gather data about phyto- fordable way of getting 1km from shore plankton blooms in the Atlantic. Detect- • 2 EcoSub AUVs – owned by to pick up samples and come back,” he ing microplastics in the marine environ-

SAMS says. “That could be around Mull or it ment is the focus of another project, could go to Ireland, it just needs enough using a novel, hyperspectral infrared • 1 Mojave ROV – owned by MARS batteries.” camera on a UAV. We look forward to

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