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Filipino-developed underwater inspection robot (UIR)
« on: December 06, 2010, 03:44:07 PM »
By Bohol Standard

A Filipino-developed underwater inspection robot (UIR) that could foretell the future state of marine ecology is set for its first field test in the country right somewhere off Panglao island on Tuesday, according to a ranking official of the Office of the Provincial Agriculture (OPA).

The machine is remotely operated and capable of transmitting live video footages and recording datas from the seabed which are precious to conservation and sustainable development approaches.

It will be submerged probably off Balicasag island, a part of Panglao acclaimed among the world’s best dive sites, although another area still within Panglao water has also been suggested, OPA’s fisheries head Remy Regache told capitol’s Effective Development Communication (EDCom) Office.

Regache said the final site can be known on Monday in a meeting here with experts from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development (PCAMRD).

The reputedly first field trial in the country of the mechanical undersea biodiversity investigator, which is yet even pending Philippine patent, will be done by an expert team from the PCAMRD led by OIC Exec. Dir. Cesario Pagdilao.

The UIR project has been funded by the Philippine government thru the DOST TECHNICOM Program and monitored by the PCAMRD.

Developed by Filipino engineers of the Pobletech, Inc. (PI), the UIR has features and a compact size that rival the competence of larger, bulkier and more expensive remote operated vehicles (ROV) in the world.

The said underwater inspection robot is also called the Roboteknik i100, formerly known as Angel One ROV. The Roboteknik is the research and development arm of the PI.

The PCAMRD formally invited the provincial government thru OIC Provincial Agriculturist Larry Pamugas for representatives to the undersea piloting of the UIR project.

Regache said she may herself dive and witness the robot in seabed motion.

She revealed that they are three in the OPA who are licensed scuba divers, including Provincial Agriculturist Liza Quirog herself who is presently designated as head of a sensitive cluster of the administration of Gov. Edgar Chatto.

The UIR’s primary function is to conduct visual inspection of the underwater environment and natural structures, in the process documenting their status while hinting on what could their condition be in the years---or generations---to come.

Equipped with powerful video camera and data recorder, the robot can capture hundreds of hours of video feeds which are recorded and viewed live on its sea surface unit.

Its accurate documentation will aid in computing analyzing the extent of the impact of human invasion to the marine habitat, thereby presenting valuable insights to how protection, preservation or conservation efforts should be sustained.

The robot’s video footages and datas can also rate the effects to the marine environment of climate change, an alarming global concern.

A co-equal of disaster mitigation, environmental risk reduction is one grave issue that cuts across all development concerns, according to Gov. Chatto.

An information to capitol said the Panglao seawater, particularly off Balicasag island or a nearby area, has been preferred for the UIR field test because of the good coral condition there.

The underwater inspection robot can be said to be a machine taxonomist classifying corals and all other marine organisms for relevant biodiversity concerns.

This observation holds water as the ASEAN Center for Biodiversity (ACB) now sees the need to enhance the ASEAN countries’ taxonomic capacities on corals to address changing climate and human acts exploitative to marine nature.

The capacity to effectively catalogue the resources will lead to easy planning and execution of biodiversity conservation efforts for sustainable development, ACB Exec. Dir. Rodrigo Fuentes said in a report.

Meanwhile, even the elementary education sector in Bohol now ought to stir environmental awareness with the launching of DepEd’s 2011 National Search for Sustainable and Eco-friendly Schools.

Care for nature and wise utilization of resources are a pillar theme of the United Nations’ 10-year program until 2014 for education as a sustainable development tool.

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