June 19, 2018
Exploring Fronts with Multiple Robots: Wrapping Up Video
Check out the impressive accomplishments – and learn why they matter well beyond the field of robotics – from the #OceanRobotsTeam in our expedition wrap up video.
June 18, 2018
Exploring Fronts with Multiple Robots: Quiet Sense of Accomplishment
In our transit back to San Diego there is a quiet sense of accomplishment, not only from the wonderful achievements of this cruise, but also because in doing so we contributed foundational work for future ocean studies.
Pink salmon — too much of a good thing?
Pinks are different from kings, chums and other salmon species. Their life is just two years long, from the time they are eggs until they die after spawning.
Exploring Fronts with Multiple Robots: In The Extreme
Each day, I collect qualitative data on, for example, the ways that people and robots communicate, how different kinds of decisions are made, the social habits and technologies particular to this environment, and workgroups.
June 14, 2018
Exploring Fronts with Multiple Robots: Blueprints
Walk into the Wet Lab aboard R/V Falkor and you will find us, the biological team, juggling liter bottles, vials, tubes, and jars—all containing ocean water from our current location.
June 13, 2018
Exploring Fronts with Multiple Robots: Ripples
The science control room on R/V Falkor is the center of action, where you will find 18 individual computer screens (ranging in size and setup) displaying everything the ship is doing.
Exploring Fronts with Multiple Robots: To the Edge
Trent Lukaczyk walks to the starboard side of the storage deck and sticks his right hand over the railing. Like rolling down a window in a moving car, a sudden gush of wind prickles his fingers.
June 7, 2018
Running circles around the land of no night
All of a sudden, we are again the land of no night. Summer happens every year, but it is always a surprise. Maybe because winter is the normal state of middle Alaska, with a white ground surface possible from late September until late April.
June 5, 2018
Exploring Fronts with Multiple Robots: The Night Cast
“Have you ever done a XBT cast?” John Fulmer asks. I have not, but I am excited to learn about another device used for deep-water oceanography.
June 4, 2018
Exploring Fronts with Multiple Robots: At The Front
The term Saildrone brings to mind images from opposing ends of the human timescale: sailing – one of the oldest modes of travel – and drones – arguably the most rapidly evolving industry in modern transit.
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