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Oceanus magazine

Summer 2023
( Vol. 58 No. 1 )

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Our Ocean. Our Planet. Our Future.

Robots to the Rescue

How the next generation of ocean robots will help solve the planet’s most pressing problems

Group Chat

Underwater robots communicate in text-like fashion off the coast of Oahu

Technology Hatchery

The latest robotics projects happening inside the George and Wendy David Center for Ocean Innovation

AI in the Ocean Twilight Zone

Deep Learning techniques are revealing new secrets about the mesopelagic

Automating Exploration

For MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Amy Phung, virtual reality and robotics are a natural pairing for ocean exploration

A throwback to ABE

The OG autonomous seafloor robot

Keeping an ear out for whales

Scientists look to safeguard the mammals with robotic buoys in the New York Bight

Hardwired to love

Ocean engineers discuss our emotional connection with robots

Propelling a new wave of ocean-climate solutions

WHOI researchers get a boost from climate-tech fund Propeller

The Power of Super Reefs

Working with the governments and scientists of several Pacific Island nations, the project’s first goal is to limit the impacts of pollution and fishing by expanding these countries’ marine protected areas (MPAs).