Ulysses co-founder on Mako modular underwater robots and seabed restoration
Scobleizer · x · 2026-09-17
At a World's Fair Co event, the co-founder of Ulysses discussed reviving humanity's underwater ambitions: the modular underwater robot Mako, seagrass restoration, seabed mapping, and lessons from a failed deployment. The talk also covers why underwater robotics is only now becoming feasible, the "ocean tax," navigation and motherships, and what to build over the next 20 years.
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