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Soft robotic arm featured on BBC Click!

Scientific Reports: A deep-sea soft manipulator arm controlled by a wireless glove

Featured on Nature.com: The hidden lives of deep-sea creatures caught on camera

3D-printing soft grippers at sea provides a rapid prototyping solution to deep-sea sampling

Featured in the New York Times: An origami-inspired device for capturing midwater organisms

URIL supports shark research in the Bahamas using deep-sea cameras

National Geographic features article on ‘Deepstaria enigmatica’, filmed with low-light color camera

Congratulations to Karla Haiat, who is headed to MBARI this summer for a prestigious internship!

The 2017 Ocean Exploration Field Season Issue is out! Thank you to the Ocean Exploration Trust for a great opportunity!

Deep-sea skates use hydrothermal vents as natural egg incubators on the Galapagos Rift

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Vampiroteuthis shot w/ ME20
Solomon Islands June 2019
DEEPi-enabled live video benthic grab system, September 2019
NUWC Collaboration, Bermuda/BIOS July 2021
FOReelS fiber optic reel system
Solomon Islands expedition team, June 2019
Solomon Islands June 2019
DEEPi cameras, lights, and FOReelS system
Deepstaria enigmatica, shot w/ Canon ME20
Low-cost deep-sea BRUVs for Discovery Shark Week, January 2020
RAD Sampler
RAD2 and McLane SuPR Sampler testing, June 2021
Soft manipulator system, Brazil 2017
FOReelS system, Bermuda, July 2021
RAD2 Sampler testing, June 2021
Launching a DEEPi BRUV in Bermuda, July 2021
Bermuda July 2021
First deep-sea video from DEEPi, sixgill shark in Bermuda
3D-printing at sea, Okeanos Explorer w/Stephen Licht, November 2018
NUWC Collaboration, Bermuda/BIOS December 2020
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