A remote camera captured an IceNode prototype deployed below the frozen surface of Lake Superior. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Scientists are testing a prototype underwater robot called IceNode, designed to explore some of the most challenging spots on Earth.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineers plan to deploy a fleet of these autonomous robots into unknown underwater cavities beneath Antarctic ice shelves.
IceNode: JPL’s Autonomous Underwater Robots
They aim to measure ice melt rates, providing essential data to help scientists predict future sea level rise.
A prototype of a robot built to access underwater areas where Antarctic ice shelves. Credit: U.S. Navy/Scott Barnes
In March 2024, the IceNode team tested a prototype under Arctic sea ice in the Beaufort Sea, north of Alaska.
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