little bit safer. with an ever growing demand for renewable and sustainable energy sources, the infrastructure that provides that energy is becoming increasingly critical. now, at present, those facilities are often maintained by human divers, working in challenging and hazardous conditions. but here at heriot watt university, they re developing underwater robotic solutions to help take the strain. and they ve come up with this the orca autonomous drone. we ve got our scanning sonar, our mechanical scanning sonar, and that can see all of the structures and items around the vehicle at a long distance. we ve got an acoustic modem. this means that when we don t use the tether, we can communicate with the robot using sounds underwater. and how does it move around in the water? is it with these propellers that i can see here
now, at present, those facilities are often maintained by human divers, working in challenging and hazardous conditions. but here at heriot watt university, they re developing underwater robotic solutions to help take the strain. and they ve come up with this the orca autonomous drone. we ve got our scanning sonar, our mechanical scanning sonar, and that can see all of the structures and items around the vehicle at a long distance. we ve got an acoustic modem. this means that when we don t use the tether, we can communicate with the robot using sounds underwater. and how does it move around in the water? is it with these propellers that i can see here on either side? yes, there s eight thrusters that are used, and it can move it in all six directions. you ve got forward, backwards, left, right, up, down, and then you ve got roll, pitch and turn. oh, wow. so, it s pretty manoeuvrable, then?
sportsday is coming up, but now on bbc news, it s time for click. no, this isn t some kind of sea monster, but an autonomous machine which aims, perhaps, to make working at sea that little bit safer. with an ever growing demand for renewable and sustainable energy sources, the infrastructure that provides that energy is becoming increasingly critical. now, at present, those facilities are often maintained by human divers
that little bit safer. with an ever growing demand for renewable and sustainable energy sources, the infrastructure that provides that energy is becoming increasingly critical. now, at present, those facilities are often maintained by human divers working in challenging and hazardous conditions. but here at heriot watt university, they re developing underwater robotic solutions to help take the strain. and they ve come up with this the orca autonomous drone. we ve got our scanning sonar, a mechanical scanning sonar. that can see all of these structures and items around the vehicle at quite a long distance. we ve got an acoustic modem. this means that when we don t use the tether, we can communicate with the robot using sounds underwater. and how does it move around in the water, is it with these propellers that
sportsday is coming up, but now on bbc news, it s time for click. no, this isn t some kind of sea monster, but an autonomous machine which aims, perhaps, to make working at sea that little bit safer. with an ever growing demand for renewable and sustainable energy sources, the infrastructure that provides that energy is becoming increasingly critical. now, at present, those facilities are often maintained by human divers