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Dr. Dana Yoerger gives the afternoon talk on his research with the ABE (Autonomous Benthic Explorer). ABE is an autonomous robot, meaning that it is put in the water and is pre-programmed to go and do detailed surveys on the ocean floor, without any tether to the surface or people inside. ABE represents the wave of the future in deep submergence technologies. Dana and his colleagues at Woods Hole Oceanographic, Dr. Al Bradley and Mr. Barrie Walden, are working on the next generation of ABE which they plan to have ready by next year.

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