Research Operations

The competition results are in!

September 2, 2010 — via The VT AUV Team

We have finally obtained an analyzed the final score sheet from the competition! We have known we didn’t do very well, not scoring any points in either of the prelims, but we had no idea how well we did in the bonus “second life” round. As it turns out, in that round, we [...]

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Hurricane articles

September 2, 2010 — via I-COOL

This is a picture that deals with the after math of humans not being able to predict hurricanes properly. In the last century humans have tried yet not fully seceded in predicting hurricanes and their devastation to the area it can hit. There has been much improved in the ways we can predict and accurately [...]

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Fall Semester Begins

September 1, 2010 — via I-COOL

We are all excited about the new semester

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Fall Semester Begins

September 1, 2010 — via I-COOL

We are all excited about the new semester

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The Waiting

September 1, 2010 — via Waitt Institute

1 September, 2010

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Prelude to a transit: ROV 101

August 31, 2010 — via Waitt Institute

31 August, 2010

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Recovering Mary Ann

August 30, 2010 — via Waitt Institute

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Video from 2010

August 29, 2010 — via Naval Academy Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Team

Check out this youtube video of our run that won us 2nd Place overall.


http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=CEDqCgpJi2o

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First Sidescan Data

August 28, 2010 — via Waitt Institute

28 August, 2010

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Atlantic Crossing: A Robot’s D…

August 27, 2010 — via I-COOL

Atlantic Crossing: A Robot’s Daring Mission premieres today at the Blue Ocean Film Festival! http://fb.me/Gz0WSqiG

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Atlantic Crossing: A Robot’s D…

August 27, 2010 — via I-COOL

Atlantic Crossing: A Robot’s Daring Mission premieres today at the BLUE Ocean Film Festival! http://fb.me/HWMWjT24

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Data Emerges From Below

August 27, 2010 — via Waitt Institute

27 August, 2010

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Girls in the Water

August 26, 2010 — via Waitt Institute

26 August, 2010

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Closing in on the Destination

August 26, 2010 — via Waitt Institute

25 August, 2010

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MSNBC Blogs Expedition Titanic

August 26, 2010 — via Waitt Institute

NBC News WorldBlog

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Expedition Titanic

August 26, 2010 — via Waitt Institute

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Titanic: Rediscovering the Past

August 26, 2010 — via Waitt Institute

New Expedition to "Virtually" Raise the Titanic

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Want to join?

August 24, 2010 — via The VT AUV Team

If you are at all interested in joining the team, you should come to one of the interest meetings! We have several, so you can’t use the excuse that it doesn’t fit your schedule! They are: Friday, Aug. 27 @ 5:00PM Monday, Aug. 30 @ 5:00PM Tuesday, Aug. 31 @ 5:00PM All of the interest meetings are [...]

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Website fixed!

August 24, 2010 — via The VT AUV Team

The website works again!

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Website Broken!

August 20, 2010 — via The VT AUV Team

Unfortunately, something has gone wrong with the website recently and all of the blog posts from the last year and the home page are not showing up. We are looking into it, and hopefully it will get fixed soon!

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Glider update August 5 2010

August 5, 2010 — via DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill » DeepWater Blog

Sorry for the lack info of the over the last week, but it has been the particuarly overwhelming.  Regardless, the gliders have been flying and doing well.  We start with info from the iRobot/APL team which successfully recovered the Seaglider on July 30.  The Seaglider deserves a toast having flown for over 70 days, and [...]

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Rutgers professor’s eye-opening journey to the bottom of the sea

August 5, 2010 — via I-COOL

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Marine census promises first full look at the oceans’ teeming life

August 3, 2010 — via I-COOL

http://fb.me/ERXCBide

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Ocean greenery under warming stress

August 2, 2010 — via I-COOL

http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100728/full/news.2010.379.html http://fb.me/EsZ1Rkrv

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Mid-week update.

July 28, 2010 — via DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill » DeepWater Blog

Figure 1: IOOS Overview. iRobot Seaglider is at the drill site, Navy Seaglider 137 is heading south, away from the drill site and towards the Loop Current Eddy. Navy Seaglider 135 and SIO/WHOI Spray 40 are at the northeast edge of the Loop Current Eddy. USF and Mote Slocum Gliders are on the Florida shelf. [...]

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The Aftermath

July 26, 2010 — via The VT AUV Team

You may have noticed that we stopped updating this blog on the second day of qualifying (Saturday). As per the last qualifying update, we spent the rest of the first qualifying day adding new algorithms to get the AUV to go in a straight line. On Saturday (the second qualifying day), we unfortunately [...]

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July 26, 2010

July 26, 2010 — via DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill » DeepWater Blog

Storm and Gulf activities have impacted Gulf operation, but  gliders are doing well.  We we have 7 gliders in the water.  Two up in the spill vicinity. 2 offshore in the cyclonic eddy.  3 along the west cosat of Florida. So lets start with the 2 in the spill vicninity.  There we have the Navy glider [...]

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Bonnie Dissipates over Louisiana

July 25, 2010 — via DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill » DeepWater Blog

Figure 1: Cut and Paste from the NOAA National Hurricane Center early morning update on Bonnie: THE REMNANT LOW OF BONNIE…CENTERED ABOUT 25 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA…CONTINUES TO PRODUCE DISORGANIZED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. RE-DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM IS NOT EXPECTED BEFORE THE LOW REACHES THE SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST EARLY THIS MORNING. [...]

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Bonnie heads towards Louisiana

July 24, 2010 — via DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill » DeepWater Blog

Figure 1: Official track forecast for Tropical Storm Bonnie from the NOAA National Hurricane Center.  Official discussion indicates the track guidance has Bonnie heading down the center of the envelope. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT3+shtml/240847.shtml? Figure 2: Collection of the offshore wind reports from Oceanweather. The counterclockwise wind pattern around Bonnie’s broad low pressure field is observed. Figure 3: Highest waves, running [...]

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Bonnie approaches Florida

July 23, 2010 — via DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill » DeepWater Blog

Figure 1:  The official NOAA track forecast for Tropical Storm Bonnie.  The track crosses over the west Florida Shelf late friday night into early saturday morning.  By early Sunday morning it is passing the drill site. Figure 2: Here are the marine weather reports compiled by Oceanweather. Today’s winds are from the east over much of [...]

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‘R U COOL?’ Library Dives Deep With Oceanographers

July 22, 2010 — via I-COOL

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