Academician Kulchin spoke about the prospects of underwater robots and factories for resource extraction in the ocean

The creation of underwater robots for resource extraction and underwater factories for their processing is a promising direction in the development of the World Ocean, said academician Yuri Kulchin.

Specialists from the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences are preparing the concept of the federal scientific research program “Advanced methods and means for studying and developing the resources of the World Ocean.”

The concept of the federal program has already been formed, and interaction is now underway with interested ministries and companies.

VLADIVOSTOK, October 2 - RIA Novosti. The creation of underwater robots for resource extraction and underwater plants for their processing is a promising direction in the development of the World Ocean, Academician Yuri Kulchin, Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chairman of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told RIA Novosti.

Earlier, in an interview with RIA Novosti, Kulchin said that specialists from the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences are preparing the concept of the federal scientific research program “Advanced methods and means for studying and developing the resources of the World Ocean.”

Kulchin noted that ocean exploration at great depths should be carried out using underwater robots with artificial intelligence.

“It is important to create robotic systems that can explore the ocean and develop resources. There is a problem associated with the search for special materials that can work in such conditions, the search for mechanisms that can work in this environment, as well as the possibility of generating energy for robots. Now we are working very closely in this direction,” said Kulchin.

According to him, bringing to the surface unprocessed resources mined at great depths is irrational.

“Therefore, it is necessary to create new automated factories at the bottom - underwater factories. This is the future, of course, but it must be done. And we are now actively working in this direction. I think that these are already immediate prospects, because we have exhausted many resources on Earth, and now they can only be taken in the ocean. Therefore, this is a matter of decades,” the scientist added.

Speaking about the concept of the federal program “Advanced methods and means for studying and developing the resources of the World Ocean,” he noted that it has already been formed.