NASA has funded a reported $450,000 for three robots that are to be used in a mission to explore life near the hot springs under the ice of the Arctic ocean. These robots will be used to take pictures and collect specimens of living organisms along the tectonic boundary between Eurasia and North America.
The robots will be used by researchers from “Cape Cod Hope” who will go on a 40 day mission in July. Although two of these (Puma and Jaguar) robots can work cable-free under ice and have the ability to go as deep as 3 miles under water and work almost near the bottom of the sea, their progress in this case, will be hampered by the extreme terrain and ice in the Arctic ocean. If the “pumas” and “jaguars” get stuck in the ice - thats it “Mission Over.”
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