Gigantic undersea trench-digging, cable-laying robot

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I said “cable-laying,” get it? Anyhoo, if you’re in the market for a huge remote controlled submersible robot that weighs 50 tons and can bury oil and gas pipes at the bottom of the ocean, look no further than the Ultra Trencher 1 by a company called SMD. It uses propellers to submerge itself to depths up to a mile and then uses ninja-like high-pressure “jet swords” to cut a trench in the ocean floor. Pipes can then be safely buried out of the way of shipwrecks, fishing equipment, and currents.

A Deeply Impressive Bit of Kit; World’s Biggest Subsea Robot [RedOrbit] via ZDNet

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Maddaddy

That’s nothing new. Oceaneering has been building these types of underwater equipment for several years. Check them out, you will be surprised at what they do! http://www.oceaneering.com (yeah, I work there)

 
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Jarett (Who am I?)

I didn’t get it. :/

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