Great Barrier Reef

One of the Osibot Heavy ROVs utilized in the Teleportal.Fish system

Robotics

Online portal puts users at the controls of a real reef-diving ROV

Even in non-pandemic times, the Great Barrier Reef is still a difficult place for much of the world's population to get to. That's where Teleportal.Fish comes in, as it allows anyone to virtually visit the reef via a live link to an underwater robot.

The "LarvalBot" undersea robot has dispersed microscopic baby corals (coral larvae) to help scientists working to repopulate parts of the Great Barrier Reef

Marine

"LarvalBot" underwater robot delivers first batch of coral babies to the Great Barrier Reef

A Queensland University of Technology (QUT) team has developed the "LarvalBot" underwater robot that, for the first time, has succeeded in reseeding damaged areas of Australia's Great Barrier Reef with heat tolerant baby coral polyps to help combat the effects of predators and climate change.

The RangerBot can monitor and protect reefs for up to eight hours at atime

Marine

Underwater drone watches over reefs – and kills coral-destroying starfish

It's no secret that the world's coral reefs are in trouble, and unfortunately scuba divers can only do so much in the way of monitoring or protecting them. Scientists in Australia, however, have developed an autonomous underwater drone that could be of great help.