The Indian Ocean Will Open Up To The KIEL 6000!
Days ago, an expedition from the International Union for Conservation of Nature began in the Indian Ocean. While the human explorers have the drive and interest to spend the months on the ocean that this mission demands, it is the KIEL 6000 ROV that will be doing most of the work. Made by Schilling Robotics, the KIEL 6000 is a Remotely Operated Vehicle designed for use in depths down to 6000 meters below sea level.
With its 6000 meter depth rating, the KIEL 6000 may explore depths where the water pressure would crush a human being. Operated from the ship, the KIEL 6000 has a sophisticated computer network that allows it to respond to multiple commands simultaneously. Far from being a glorified remote-controlled submarine, the KIEL 6000 may follow a preprogrammed flight plan or be controlled from human operators. Those human operators control more than just simple navigation. The KIEL 6000 has banks of video cameras and two mechanical arms for taking samples.
The mechanical arms are a real feat of engineering design and computer programming. The mechanical arms on the KIEL 6000 are highly dexterous and have collected specimens like rare squid and other marine life found only on the depths of the ocean floor. The mechanical arms manipulate collecting nets and then move the nets into a bio box. The bio boxes loaded on the KIEL 6000 store tiny marine samples and manipulating the mechanical arms to get the samples from the water to the net to the bio box requires an incredible amount of skill and training. Even with that training, sometimes the samples themselves resist, as a 20cm lobster recently fled one of the 30cm deep bio boxes before the box closed!
The level of computer control needed to make the KIEL 6000 a viable remote vehicle is substantial. The KIEL 6000 must be able to react quickly to unforeseen events. The computer system aboard the KIEL 6000 is designed to react with near-instantaneous precision so the rare images of the ocean depths are not lost and so life forms previously undiscovered may be captured and catalogued by researchers.
Without the sophisticated computer support system that allows the KIEL 6000 to react quickly over 6000 meters below sea level, the KIEL 6000 would be just another remotely operated vehicle. As it is, though, the KIEL 6000 remains the cutting edge tool for undersea exploration and our best chance at understanding a vast portion of our world.
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