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Field Robotics is Hard!

Saturday, 3rd October 2009 by Richard
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Miles lines up the grapnel to try to catch the sub.A day of frustration as things don’t go to plan…

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Meet Hybis

Friday, 2nd October 2009 by Richard
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Hybis, a remotely operated vehicle with a scoop for collecting samples.

Hybis, another of the vehicles on-board, was scheduled to dive today as we’ve finally reached our deep bit of ocean. Unfortunately, things haven’t quite gone to plan, yet…

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What we’re doing in the middle of the Atlantic

Thursday, 1st October 2009 by Richard
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The cruise plan. We've already changed almost everything about it!

All the boring technical stuff about Autosub and how I get to be on a research ship in the middle of the Atlantic…

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CC Welsh Dinner

Thursday, 1st October 2009 by Laetitia
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Picture 042Saturday dawned and there was a little mist hanging in the valley. The mist soon cleared and suddenly we had a glorious day for climbing…

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Spaghetti Ice Cream

Wednesday, 30th September 2009 by Laetitia
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spaghetti ice creamThis will make Richard wish he’d come to Germany…

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Sending Autosub for a swim

Tuesday, 29th September 2009 by Richard
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Autosub just after launch. The writing reads 'Harmless Scientific Instrument' in case you were wondering.

Day two of the cruise saw us launch Autosub, meet some dolphins, and have a small adventure retrieving the sub.

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First Day on RSS Discovery

Monday, 28th September 2009 by Richard
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RSS Discovery: My home for the next three weeksThree weeks on a research ship certainly feels like an adventure to me…even if today was pretty uneventful.

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Pembroke Pleasantness

Monday, 28th September 2009 by Jon
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Imgp0824 After a hard week at work I wasn’t looking forward to the long drive south to Pembroke…

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