Those creating robots for the marine industry say they will create opportunities for humans rather than take them away.
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00:02 Previously, you'd have to have a big vessel and big,
00:22 chunky equipment to gather this data.
00:26 You'd have to have a pilot, more crew,
00:30 and it's going to be time-consuming, expensive.
00:33 And we've narrowed that down to a single operator sitting
00:38 at home behind his desk, steering and mapping
00:43 all of the data.
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00:50 The Azagh-Azamov concept of robots taking over our jobs
01:06 and sort of planning us in day-to-day activities,
01:09 it's science fiction.
01:11 What robots and autonomy gives us
01:14 is it gives us new jobs to do, new ways of working.
01:18 Robots aren't going to take our jobs.
01:20 Robots are creating more jobs, more ways to collect data,
01:25 more ways to work in the ocean.
01:27 So robots aren't going to take our jobs.
01:30 They're just going to give us more ways to understand
01:32 the ocean and work in the ocean and combat climate change.
01:36 They're going to give us ways of doing things
01:38 that we could never do on our own.
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01:46 I would say the divers now, they can do a lot of stuff.
01:59 They've been doing it for many, many years.
02:02 The robots coming in--
02:03 so for example, one of our robots,
02:06 we can attach 20-plus accessories.
02:09 You have a selection of accessories
02:11 you can choose from.
02:12 Let's say for sand table research or for environmental,
02:15 we got water samplers or sensors for that situation.
02:20 For search and rescues, you can use sonars, imaging sonars,
02:24 to detect bodies.
02:25 So for various views.
02:27 I would say not to replace the diver,
02:30 but to help the divers do their job more easier, safer,
02:35 and more efficient.
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