Project BEAVER: A Budget-Effective Aquatic Vehicle for Environmental Research

With the deterioration of many freshwater and marine habitats, it is vital that we understand how human factors affect these ecosystems.  Grace Liu designed, built and tested a new Unmanned Untethered Vehicle for this very purpose.  Read on to find out whether this robot has the potential to be used to monitor water quality, and its effect on the abundance of marine and freshwater species.