{"id":14496,"date":"2025-12-02T14:50:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T19:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/?p=14496"},"modified":"2026-06-29T07:11:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:11:26","slug":"nasa-develops-underwater-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/nasa-develops-underwater-robots\/14496\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA-licensed tech lets underwater robots harvest ocean energy from temperature changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the world faces the never-ending mysteries of space, a new final frontier right here on Earth has been overlooked by the global community. NASA has developed astonishing technologies for space exploration over the years that have propelled humankind to reach for the stars in wonder of what may lie just beyond our limited reach. However, the vast majority of our oceans remains as much of a mystery<\/strong> as the rest of the universe beyond our small, rocky planet. NASA has been developing new underwater robots that may set the stage for a new era of underwater exploration in the years to come.<\/p>\n

NASA has been developing astonishing technologies for space exploration<\/h2>\n

The recent James Webb telescope was a landmark achievement for mankind, peering into regions of space that were previously unknown. This has enabled NASA and other space exploration institutions to glance at a period of time that is eons away from us. Adding to the new space frontier has been the Event Horizon Telescope, a worldwide effort to capture the very first real image of a black hole.<\/p>\n

The EHT was successful in its mission to capture the world’s first actual image of a black hole, setting the stage for a new era of space study and potential exploration. However, while NASA and its associates have been concentrating on space, a secretive frontier right here on our home planet is languishing, just waiting for us to develop sufficient technology<\/strong> to explore the depths of our seas.<\/p>\n

The world’s oceans are seen as Earth’s final frontier, patiently waiting to be explored<\/h3>\n

Our oceans are vast; in fact, they cover most of the surface area<\/a> of our planet. A new technology that NASA has been working on for many years may change the reality of exploration stagnation in our oceans. The Seatrec Robot enables researchers to make use of the astonishing technology that was developed by NASA and subsequently licensed to Seatrec.<\/p>\n

Get ready for a whole new future of seabed exploration, led by Seatrec<\/h2>\n

The technology was developed by NASA over an exceedingly long period, and makes use of fluctuating temperatures in the ocean<\/strong> to generate energy that powers Seatrec’s robots. The amazing tech was developed by NASA engineers at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and once all the relevant tests were done, NASA opted to license the technology to Seatrec, which then used it to develop underwater robots designed to explore the seabed without any interruptions.<\/p>\n

The Seatrec robots will make use of changes in seawater temperatures to deliver energy that will power the new underwater robots, enabling longer study periods for researchers aiming to gain a better understanding of what is happening in our oceans. The futuristic technology<\/a> that NASA has developed and subsequently licensed to Seatrec is a game-changer for the planned exploration of our oceans.<\/p>\n

“I spent the first 15 years or so at JPL studying the ocean from space. We went out to sea for 30 days. We deployed \u2013 and we asked our colleagues in universities to deploy \u2013 all kind of robotic platforms to collect data in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, not only near the surface but also below the surface, so we can calibrate and interpret what we’re measuring from space.” – NASA engineer Yi Chao<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The new Seatrec underwater robots will make use of nearly limitless energy<\/h2>\n

The ocean has remained a mystery<\/strong> to the world despite decades of research. Now, the astonishing, limitless power that has been developed<\/a> by NASA to power the underwater robots from Seatrec will alter our understanding of the oceans for years to come. By relying on temperature changes in the ocean, Seatrec’s underwater robots can operate for significantly longer periods at the bottom of the sea without any interruptions of energy, marking a new era of underwater exploration being led by Seatrec, and powered by NASA tech.<\/p>\n

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As the world faces the never-ending mysteries of space, a new final frontier right here on Earth has been overlooked by the global community. NASA has developed astonishing technologies for space exploration over the years that have propelled humankind to reach for the stars in wonder of what may lie just beyond our limited reach. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":14500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_focus_keyword":"NASA,Underwater robots","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"Following decades of limited seabed exploration, NASA has developed new and astonishing technology for Seatrec's underwater robots to explore the ocean.","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}