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DepthX Unleashed

Underwater robot may help scientists detect life on other planets
Depthx
Stone Aerospace

The autonomous underwater robot known as DepthX has completed its exploration of one of the world’s deepest sinkholes, Mexico’s Sistema Zacatón. Diving almost 1,100 feet into this massive, water-filled network of caves, DepthX penetrated far deeper than human divers have ever reached. It brought back samples of water and slime coating the cave walls.

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DepthX: Mission 1 Accomplished

Bill Stone's revolutionary autonomous robot completes its first field test in a Mexican cave system

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See below for a video from the test, and click here for a photo gallery.

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