Autonomous underwater robots inspired by platypus electroreception and octopus dexterity. Inspect, repair, and maintain ship hulls and offshore infrastructure—no divers required.
A ship operator puts on a haptic VR suit and suddenly FEELS the ocean floor 500 meters away, sensing a hairline crack in a propeller shaft through electrical feedback like a platypus hunting shrimp. Then watches in real-time as soft tentacular robots snake forward and seal it—like controlling an intelligent creature from inside its own consciousness.
faster than human divers
depth capability
autonomous operation