Undersea Adventures - Robotics and the Deep Sea

When people think of robotics, they often picture complex machines performing a variety of tasks, from lifting heavy objects to delicate operations like soldering or even surgery. In recent years, the scope of what people imagine robots doing has expanded to a new and exciting frontier in space - think the Mars rover or far-reaching satellites. However, there is another vast, unexplored world that robots are starting to explore, and it is much closer to home.