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The sharksucker’s modified dorsal fin allows it to clamp on to other sea creatures

Robots can hitch-hike on sharks thanks to ultrastrong sucker

20 September 2017

A suction cup modelled on how a strange faeces-eater attaches to other fish can withstand a pull of 340 times its weight, letting robots ride sharks and whales
Underwater drones use sound to send snaps of the ocean floor

Underwater drones use sound to send snaps of the ocean floor

31 May 2017

Underwater unmanned vehicles that scour the ocean floor for submerged mines can now beam back their images to human operators in close to real-time

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