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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, March 28 /Xinhua/ — Specialists from Moscow Polytechnic University, together with the Ilychev Pacific Oceanological Institute of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, have created a robotic system for marine research using towed surveys. This was reported by TASS, citing the university's press service.
According to the report, the underwater robot, dubbed "Smart Fish," has been tested and is being used in scientific expeditions in the Far East and the Arctic. Its design consists of a sealed compartment for research equipment with control surfaces and capralon fairings. Following a vessel on a tether, "Smart Fish" collects hydrological data from the bottom and transmits it to the operator on board in real time, allowing for prompt adjustments to the route and measurement zones. In twelve hours of operation, the apparatus is capable of taking approximately half a million measurements—compared to the sixty required by the traditional method.
The device has already been used to monitor the Pacific Ocean waters near Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant. In the Sea of Japan, it was used to study the migration of king crabs in Peter the Great Bay.
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