Authors
Anil Kumar Bachhar
Abstract
Archaeology is important as learning from past can only improve future. Archaeological ruins not only work as treasure from history, but can also indirectly boost the economic condition of a country or place by supporting leisure industry of that region. Ocean being the dominant, covers more than 70% of the earth surface and holds thousands of mystery and untold stories. From scientific point of view, it is considered that ocean holds the secret of life, at the same time it withholds vast cultural heritage in form of archaeological site yet to be discovered. In case of marine archaeology, which is also known as nautical, maritime and underwater archaeology study of remains and ruins are common. In this study we focus on various ocean-going robots used for excavation procedure, and their success rate. Keywords: Marine, Archaeology, Robots, Nautical, Submerged.
Introduction
Marine archaeology is a systematic study of human remains such as sites, structures and artifacts, which is considered to be physical evidence in the finding of past. Finding and locating underwater settlement sites have need of a paradigm shift from underwater archaeology’s existing shipwreck- focused strategies for research to the one that consist of using existing technologies and oceanographic data.
Deep oceans has always been inhospitable to humans, making it impossible for the researchers to conduct smooth archaeological study, as nearly nine tenths of the ocean floor is deep as 1 km or deeper making it inaccessible to human drivers as it is not practically possible for drivers to go beyond 50m. But not in today’s world as gradually it is being withdrawn by advancement in automation industry, empowering robotic has shown great results, bringing replacement of humans performing manual labor. As a robotic version can go into the deep where humans fail to have access, it embody human intelligence and intentions through immersive interfaces.
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