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Autonomous underwater robot discovers hidden coral reef 'hotspots'
- May 14, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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Researchers have developed an autonomous system for seeking out and mapping hotspots of biodiversity on coral reefs with unprecedented precision, offering a powerful new tool for studying and protecting some of the ocean's most valuable ecosystems. The work, published in Science Robotics, demonstrates how combining audio and visual data in a single autonomous system can reveal where marine life concentrates and why.
Originally published at Phys.org