This Manta Ray Robot Could Protect Our Planet’s Coral Reefs

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Our planet’s fragile coral reefs are in trouble and while experts hope to save these underwater ecosystems, observing them can be difficult with traditional tools. That’s why a team of engineers has developed a biometric manta ray.

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00:00our planet's fragile coral reefs are in trouble and while experts hope to save these underwater

00:08ecosystems observing them can be difficult with traditional tools those types of submersibles can

00:13damage reefs negatively impacting the very thing they're trying to save that's why this team of

00:18researchers has developed a biometric manta ray it's essentially a remote controllable fish capable

00:24of observing and providing data to humans on the surface the team say they decided to base their

00:29robot on a manta ray because of its ability to move in pretty much any direction with the

00:33researchers outlining that it can swim forwards and backwards execute tight turns dive and even

00:38perform backflips it's important for conservationists to have submersibles that can blend in letting them

00:43observe habitats in their natural state coral reefs are of particular import to marine biologists as

00:48well as despite only covering less than one percent of the ocean's floor coral reefs house as much as

00:5425 percent of all oceanic species

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