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  • Our Work
    • Our Work

      MBARI creates and globally scales the visionary technologies required to explore, map, and understand our changing ocean.

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      • Research & Development
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        • Data & Repositories
        • Publications
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        • All Technologies
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      • Marine Operations
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    • Education

      Resources for educators, students, and anyone aspiring to learn how science and technology brings us closer to the ocean.

    • Education Sub
      • EARTH Curriculum

        Integrate MBARI data with lesson plans and workshops.

      • Animals of the Deep

        Discover deep-sea critters, including exclusive footage and info.

      • Know Your Ocean

        Dive into topics about ocean health and its fascinating features.

      • Deep-Sea Guide

        Explore deep-sea observations with this interactive guide.

      • Library

        Learn about the MLML/MBARI Research Library.

      • More Resources

        Access more educational resources from the teams at MBARI.

  • News
  • About
    • About

      MBARI is a non-profit oceanographic research center advancing marine science and engineering to understand our changing ocean.

    • About Sub
      • Mission & Vision

        Learn about MBARI’s mission, vision, and values.

      • Strategic Roadmap

        Learn about our strategic priorities for the years ahead.

      • Leadership & Staff

        Meet our staff, leadership, and board of directors.

      • Careers

        Find job openings and postdoc and internship opportunities.

      • Connect with Us

        Follow MBARI on social media and stay updated.

      • Events

        See upcoming seminars, lectures, and public events.

      • Reports & Financials

        Access the latest annual reports and financial information.

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        Explore MBARI’s rich history spanning over three decades.

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Technologies

Vehicles

MBARI uses several types of robotic vehicles for oceanographic research, each designed with different strengths to accomplish unique missions, sometimes together.

Vehicle, Autonomous Robotic Rover, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)

Benthic Rover

Technology

Benthic Rover

A mobile lab that methodically charts deep-sea carbon cycles.

Vehicle, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), Dorado Class

Gulper

Technology

Gulper

An upper-water-column autonomous underwater vehicle that rapidly acquires multiple large-volume seawater samples throughout the upper water column.

Vehicle, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), Dorado Class

i2MAP

Technology

i2MAP

An autonomous underwater vehicle with a high-resolution camera, downward and forward-looking acoustic transducers, and water chemistry sensors.

Long-range autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) flies underwater.

Vehicle, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), Tethys Class

Long-range AUV (LRAUV)

Technology

Long-range AUV (LRAUV)

The long-range AUV (LRAUV) greatly expands the types of observations and experiments possible with autonomous platforms.

Vehicle, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)

MOLA AUV

Technology

MOLA AUV

The MOLA AUV—multimodality, observing, low-cost, agile autonomous underwater vehicle—has advanced sensors and software to survey and monitor marine ecosystems.

Vehicle, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), Dorado Class

Seafloor Mapping AUV

Technology

Seafloor Mapping AUV

The Dorado class autonomous underwater vehicles are optimized for meter-scale seafloor mapping.

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