Turtle: affordable autonomous underwater vehicle for freshwater
Talosaur's first AUV, built to prove affordable documentation is possible.
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Life at 50–300 m is barely watched.
The ocean's twilight zone is too deep for divers and too costly to visit often. Talosaur is a Texas-based student team building a low-cost underwater robot that finds, follows and films marine life there.
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Deep eDNA possibilities
Development of lightweight deep-sea eDNA samplers.
LiveTalosaur Live
Join the live build stream and see our engineers at work.
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Featured content
Who we are
A Texas-based student team, mostly in College Station.
Open positions
We're recruiting. See what roles are open.
Our build log
Updates, photos and videos from every stage.
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How can we help?
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Latest news
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The twilight zone
Why 50–300 m is so hard to study.
Meet the team
The people behind Talosaur.
Get in touch
Researchers, sanctuaries and offshore teams: let's talk.