Robots in action! 🤖⁠ ⁠ MBARI uses several types of robots for oceanographic research, each designed with different strengths to accomplish various missions. We put cameras, sonars, and other sensors on the robots, then send them where it is too risky, too expensive, or the job is too repetitive and boring for humans. These robots enable our scientists to ask and answer questions that they otherwise could not.⁠ ⁠ The remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Ventana is equipped with manipulator arms for g