The World's Biggest Undersea Robot

Roland Piquepaille writes "According to redOrbit.com, companies installing subsea cables for telecommunications companies and pipelines for the oil industry now have a new tool, the UT-1 Ultra Trencher which is the world's biggest subsea robot. This beauty weighs 60 tons (out of the water) and has a length of 7.8 meters, a width of 7.8 meters and a height of 5.6 meters. In fact, it has the dimensions of a small house but is more expensive, carrying a price tag of about £10 million. It can move at a speed of 2 to 3 knots under the sea. And it can trench pipelines with a 1-meter diameter in deep waters of up to 1,500 meters."

Not A Robot

[Naughty Bob]

Robots have at least some degree of autonomy. This is a bad-ass RC vehicle.

Our future overlords are increasingly unimpressed with us taking their name in vain.

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Re:Incorrect...

[Naughty Bob]

A weak, unhelpful definition in any context- I operate my computer remotely via a keyboard. If that was the only criterion, the concept of 'robot' as opposed to any 'machine', would be diluted to the point of uselessness.

But you linked, and so are informative.

Re:Incorrect...

[Naughty Bob]

Well, I deserved it. I've been stung by fanboy mods in the last few days, and was needlessly prissy. I laughed....

Maybe you could get some insightfuls, and we could carry on like this forever.