Bioinspiration Lab
Developing technologies and techniques to explore mysteries of the deep sea for bio-inspired design.
Developing technologies and techniques to explore mysteries of the deep sea for bio-inspired design.
The development of this advanced robotic “lab in a can” required close collaborations between MBARI engineers and scientists.
Approximately a million microbes can be found in a single milliliter of seawater, which leaves scientists with a vast and complicated array of these single celled organisms to study. Our understanding of the distribution and abundance of marine microbes is largely due to the use of cytometry, which allows scientists to count and characterize microbes.
The ISUS is a sensor used to measure concentrations of dissolved chemicals directly from their Ultraviolet Absorption Spectrum.
By studying an animal’s respiration (how much oxygen it consumes), scientists can better understand how much energy (food) it needs to live.