I Swam With a Deep-Sea Robot Designed to Outlast Humans



Developed by Stanford’s Robotics Lab, the OceanOneK can dive 1,000 meters underwater while maintaining the agility and dexterity of a human. CNET’s Claire Reilly takes a dip with the humanoid robot to put it to the test.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro: OceanOneK
01:24 OceanOne Prototype
01:40 Design & Build
03:20 Haptic Controls
03:57 Deep-Sea Testing
04:56 Controlling the Robot
06:05 Swimming with OceanOneK
07:25 Future

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This Post Has 17 Comments

  1. Steve Nordquist

    What's unclear to me is what features would let it weld at that depth, fending off pressure waves on its equipment maybe 100 times those at 10 M. Maybe hand it a ring and kick into the ring? I want this thing pouring cement and welding to get MA offshore wind back in the fungible zone…

  2. Scott H.

    I still fail to see why it had to be humanoid. And why it has binocular vision… If it's just going to be on a regular screen. This feels like a missed opportunity to apply VR tech.

  3. dopeMurf

    Design to last longer than humans???😂
    Isn’t that the point??

    Who wants to invest into robot that can only last 3min under water??

  4. Graeme Johnson

    My Grandkids love Claire, she has a calming voice..
    And exudes fun in exploring science… her videos are the only ones that they watch on CNET… it's the smile on her face when exploring new stuff… that My Grandkids love…

  5. D

    Stuff sunken and hidden in the ocean can be reached better.

  6. Tom Johns

    I would like to see how it feels with a VR head set on.

  7. Cats Paw

    wow, swimming with the robot was so exciting. passing it the ring and it passing the ring back. whew…can't take this much excitement

  8. TJ Dash

    Robot being so big, can have 4 – 8 arms… For example, two arms pick up a heavy object, jar like, user presses a button and toggles to the second we told arms to open the lid, toggle and another set to reach in, for odd situations that require more than 2 arms, we've all been there where more hands are needed for a task am I right?

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