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| "BP called in the "disaster-bots" to try and activate the malfunctioning blowout preventer shortly after the leak sprung. Then they were deployed to lower a concrete-and-steel containment dome over the gusher. Then to set riser-insertion tubes between the well and the broken end of the sunken riser and funnel crude to a waiting ship on the ocean's surface." |
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| "They're like Superman, but underwater: able to withstand 5,000 pounds of subsea pressure, lift up to a ton, take 3D video images and transfer hydraulic power to other equipment.
Submersible robots can do what no person ever could, and they're serving an important role in the fight to stop the oil gushing from the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico.
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| "Deepsea robots in use for three decades in oil exploration are built for demanding tasks, but perhaps none as daunting as the effort to fix the ruptured Gulf of Mexico pipeline" |
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| If you would like to learn about ROVs in general, here's a great place to visit. There's information about the history of ROV's, what they do and how they operate. There are also plenty of photos. |
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