Page 2 - Diving Expert News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Snaking around a sunken shrimp boat off the coast of gloster, massachusetts. when it comes to ship wrecks, this machine is a workhorse. it can stay underwater for days at a time, maneuvering its way through tiny openings where human divers either don't fit or it's too dangerous for them to go. >> to go forward, you will use it -- it is intuitive ten user friendly. to back up go this way. >> like a video game. >> exactly. >> rhonda is an rov pilot and diving expert. she works for a company that builds these rovs. this robot is directed by an rov pilot at the surface. it moves at two knots per h...

Game. >> exactly. >> reporter: robin is a pilot and diving expert. she works for the company is that builds these. it's directed by a pilot at the surface. it moves at two knots per hour. even in murky water or at night, these robots can see. they have lights and special low visibility cameras. and if that's not enough, they have sonar too, which can pick up images up to 400 feet away and feed them back in realtime. >> you can see the stern of the vessel. you can see how that is the back of the boat is that square shape. that's what we're aiming at right now. >> reporter: a simple turn of the ...

When it comes to ship wrecks, this machine is a workhorse. it can stay underwater for days at a time, maneuvering its way through tiny openings where human divers either don't fit or it's too dangerous for them to go. >> to go forward, you will use it -- it is intuitive ten user friendly. to back up go this way. >> like a video game. >> exactly. >> rhonda is an rov pilot and diving expert. she works for a company that builds these rovs. this robot is directed by an rov pilot at the surface. it moves at two knots per hour. and even in murky water or at night they can see. they have lights and s...

Security things, are they fuel ways? >> i'm not a diving expert. i'm not sure what those are but i believe it's something they use to connect to the shore side, up top to the boats. >> keep their oxygen going. that makes them careful because if you're tethered you're not as mobile. >> i would assume. >> over time, the emotional strain to deal with death in this way, how much of a toll? >> i think that's going to take a great toll on them. i can imagine what they're going through coming upon young children in this t state after being under water for a week. >> that takes us to the people who ar...