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Illustration of a great white shark being chased by REMUS SharkCam.

Illustration of a great white shark being chased by REMUS SharkCam.
Illustration of a great white shark being chased by REMUS SharkCam.
Illustration of a great white shark being chased by REMUS SharkCam.
Illustration of a great white shark being chased by REMUS SharkCam.
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Cook, John E.
Illustration of a great white shark being chased by REMUS SharkCam.
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10/29/2013
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Used as an article header image in Oceanus magazine, vol. 50, no. 2, pages 42-43.
Image Of the Day caption:
Could a robotic vehicle follow a live, moving shark in the ocean? Engineers in WHOIs Oceanographic Systems Lab took up that challenge, creating a system called SharkCam. It allowed a torpedo-shaped autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to track and film great white sharks off Cape Cod on their home "turf." The AUV homed into acoustic signals emitted from a tag affixed near the sharks dorsal fin. The AUV's computer constantly used the signals to continuously update the location of itself and its moving target. SharkCam debuted on a Discovery Channel program in November 2013 and is currently being used to track great white sharks in clear waters off Guadalupe, Mexico.
Illustration by Jack Cook
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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