{"id":261170,"date":"2021-08-03T04:53:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T04:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationaus.com\/?p=20749"},"modified":"2021-08-03T04:53:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T04:53:07","slug":"what-lies-below-drones-will-tell-us-definitively","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/08\/03\/what-lies-below-drones-will-tell-us-definitively\/","title":{"rendered":"What lies below? Drones will tell\u00a0us, definitively\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
While Australians were celebrating<\/span><\/b>\u00a0the arrival of 2021,\u00a0off the coast of\u00a0eastern Australia the\u00a0<\/span>Schmidt Ocean Institute\u2019s<\/span><\/a>\u00a0research vessel\u202f<\/span>Falkor<\/span><\/i>\u00a0was busy mapping the seabed with a drone\u00a0for\u00a0a hugely\u00a0ambitious\u00a0global project,\u00a0<\/span>Seabed 2030<\/span><\/a>, to produce a definitive map of the world\u2019s\u00a0ocean floor by 2030.<\/span><\/p>\n Schmidt Ocean Institute executive director\u00a0Dr\u00a0Jyotika\u00a0Virmani\u00a0will speak\u00a0on how drones are revolutionising underwater research\u00a0at the\u00a0<\/span>World of Drones & Robotics Congress 2021,<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to be held at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre on 18 and 19 August, supported by\u00a0InnovationAus.<\/span><\/p>\n She will\u00a0also\u00a0discuss\u00a0Falkor\u2019s discoveries on its survey voyages in Australian waters in late 2019 and early 2020, including the\u00a0<\/span>discovery of a new coral reef off Western Australia<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n For its research in Australian waters Falkor use\u00a0<\/span>a tethered remotely controlled underwater vehicle<\/span><\/a>. These\u00a0have been around for many years\u00a0(the first was\u00a0<\/span>built in 1953<\/span><\/a>), but it is the development of autonomous surface and subsurface drones, which<\/span>\u00a0the institute is trialling<\/span><\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0is\u00a0making Seabed 2030 achievable,\u00a0Dr Virmani\u00a0said.<\/span><\/p>\n