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+-   SPAM: The world's biggest subsea robot on Friday March 21 2008, @02:33PM Roland Piquepaille

Submitted by Roland Piquepaille on Friday March 21 2008, @02:33PM
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Roland Piquepaille writes "According to a newspaper of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, companies installing subsea cables for telecommunications companies and pipelines for the oil industry have now a new tool, the UT-1 Ultra Trencher which is the world's biggest subsea robot. This beauty weighs 60 tons (in the air) 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 millions. 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. But read more for additional details, including a picture showing what the UT-1 Ultra Trencher looks like."
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