Robot brings deep-sea images of wrecks to life

A marine robot designed and built by researchers at the University of Limerick has gathered spectacular images from deep Atlantic waters off the south coast of The Aud and a First World War U-boat.

The Aud was scuttled by its crew while under Royal Navy escort to Cork Harbour after it was prevented from landing guns in a rendezvous with Roger Casement in 1916, while the German UC-42 submarine sank in 1917 while laying mines.

With the help of the Irish Naval Service vessel, LÉ Eithne, the UL Marine Robotics team deployed its first-of-a-kind smart robot called ROV Latis.