oceans

Robot with sense of touch grabs ocean trash without harming sea life

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The robotic arm gripping a seashell Xun Zhao An artificial skin is helping a robot to recognise the difference between picking up inanimate objects and living sea creatures such as starfish and shellfish. That sense of touch could prove useful in cleaning up the ocean, doing underwater exploration or even carrying out deep-sea mining on … Read more

Most large fishing boats go untracked as ‘dark vessels’

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The majority of the world’s industrial fishing vessels are not publicly trackedThree-quarters of the world’s large fishing boats and a quarter of transport and energy ships are “dark vessels” that do not publicly share their location. The finding comes from an analysis of satellite images using artificial intelligence – an approach that could help better … Read more