An $8 Million Robot Sub Just Sank 6 Miles to the Bottom of the Sea
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute has announced that its hybrid ROV, the Nereus, was lost over the weekend and is unrecoverable, having sunk to the bottom of the 10,000 meter Kermadec Trench. The 14 foot-long, 3-ton Nereus, which was capable of diving both with and without an optical tether, only recently joined the WHOI’s robotic fleet…
