| Researchers Made a Shark-Stalking Robot - Then the Sharks Turned on It Leslie Baehr - Business Insider | |
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Last November, scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's Ocean Systems Laboratory took an autonomous shark-stalking robot to Guadalupe, Mexico to track and film great white sharks. Two weeks ago, they released the footage, and it looks as though the stalker became the stalkee.
The REMUS (Remote Environmental Monitoring UnitS) - or "SharkCam," as it was christened for its Discovery Channel Shark Week debut next week - is a torpedo shaped vehicle with six cameras implanted to capture different angles. Once scientists attach a acoustic tag to the shark, which sends out sound pings, REMUS is able to follow those pings.
...The footage and full story, filmed by Big Wave Productions, will appear on Discovery Channel's Shark Week which starts August 10.
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