Swimming With an Underwater Robot

Developed by Stanford's Robotics Lab, the OceanOneK can dive 1,000 meters underwater while maintaining the agility and dexterity of a human. CNET's Claire Reilly takes a dip with the humanoid robot to put it to the test.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro: OceanOneK
01:24 OceanOne Prototype
01:40 Design & Build
03:20 Haptic Controls
03:57 Deep-Sea Testing
04:56 Controlling the Robot
06:05 Swimming with OceanOneK
07:25 Future

[clairereilly]

Thanks for watching! I'm always keen to check out new robots so if there are any particular 'bots you think we should cover, hit me up in the comments!

[graemejohnson]

My Grandkids love Claire, she has a calming voice..
And exudes fun in exploring science... her videos are the only ones that they watch on CNET... it's the smile on her face when exploring new stuff... that My Grandkids love...

[TJDash]

Robot being so big, can have 4 - 8 arms... For example, two arms pick up a heavy object, jar like, user presses a button and toggles to the second we told arms to open the lid, toggle and another set to reach in, for odd situations that require more than 2 arms, we've all been there where more hands are needed for a task am I right?

[Irongarrison.]

That my dream job! Im currently getting a degree in Mechanical Engineering to do just what they are. So Awesome! I hope to see it in person someday, and meet the team that worked on it.

All that said I have tons of questions:
- Does it have to be tethered to communicate with the ground station?
- Would it be possible to convert its controls to VR?
- It looks like its head can rotate, if so, how much?

[Cineenvenordquist]

What's unclear to me is what features would let it weld at that depth, fending off pressure waves on its equipment maybe 100 times those at 10 M. Maybe hand it a ring and kick into the ring? I want this thing pouring cement and welding to get MA offshore wind back in the fungible zone...

[devb]

Stuff sunken and hidden in the ocean can be reached better.

[tomjohns]

I would like to see how it feels with a VR head set on.

[yahoolane]

Stanford Robotics Lab: what projects have made it to commercial use in the past 5 years?

[catspaw]

wow, swimming with the robot was so exciting. passing it the ring and it passing the ring back. whew...can't take this much excitement

[borey]

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[Scott.E.H]

I still fail to see why it had to be humanoid. And why it has binocular vision... If it's just going to be on a regular screen. This feels like a missed opportunity to apply VR tech.

[dopeMurf]

Design to last longer than humans???😂
Isn’t that the point??

Who wants to invest into robot that can only last 3min under water??

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