US Students Design Robot to Locate Unexploded Underwater Mines

Many educators believe that hands-on experience is the best way to learn. A project developed by a group of students at the Stevens Institute of Technology, in Hoboken, New Jersey is proving that method works. The group took on a challenge posted by the U.S. Department of Defense and successfully designed and built an underwater robot for locating submerged unexploded ordnance. In the 95-meter-long marine research tank at Stevens Institute of Technology, a group of students are able to...

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