Studies to study the seas continue unceasingly. Different equipment is also being developed to be used in these studies. One of them was OceanOneK, which was developed at the Stanford Robotics Lab.
This intriguing robot can dive a thousand meters below the sea surface. OceanOneK, a humanoid robot, can move its robot just like a human. It also has two stereoscopic cameras and handles that you can use.
“Your Avatar in Water”
Although there are pushers on the body of the robot that allow it to move in water, the main ingenuity is that the robot can be controlled with a touch control. An operator out of the water can move the robot using the moving joysticks and use the robot’s arms.
Two cameras on the robot provide a three-dimensional image. The operator can watch these images by dividing a screen, as well as combining the images with 3D glasses.
There is also a reason why the vehicle is operated not autonomously but with operator control. The developers’ goal is to take advantage of a human’s agility and abilities at depths where humans cannot go. That’s why Oussama Khatib, head of the development team, describes the robot as “your avatar in the water”.
In fact, the first prototype of this robot was developed in 2016, but it was a more primitive robot that could be used at much shallower levels. The agility of the robot’s arms and fingers has also been increased. The main thing the team struggled with was the pressure from the deep seas. Because the robot would dive 10 times deeper than the first prototype. At this level, the pressure above the robot is 100 times the air pressure. The robot’s arms contain electronic circuits. These circuits were placed in a special oil to protect them from pressure.
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