Robots to deep dive the Indian Ocean

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[1] A fleet of floating bio-robots are set to deep dive the Indian Ocean between Christmas Island and Madagascar next week to help explore the ocean’s physical and biological environment.

[2] The BioArgos are being deployed by CSIRO and are equipped with tiny sensors that can measure biological indicators within the ocean including dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll, nitrate, organic matter and particles.

[3] This is the first time CSIRO has is using the new BioArgo robotic floats, as they look to understand the biological phenomenon of deep ocean planktons.

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[Source] Australian Information Technology News – Robots to deep dive the Indian Ocean