WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en-US 00:00:02.720 --> 00:00:04.160 - Hi everybody on Facebook! 00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:06.100 It's Hannah MacDonald here. 00:00:06.100 --> 00:00:08.620 I work for the National Marine Sanctuary foundation in 00:00:08.620 --> 00:00:11.740 support of the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, 00:00:11.780 --> 00:00:16.960 and today I'm coming to live from the Great Lakes MATE ROV competition. 00:00:17.240 --> 00:00:20.480 So this is the 2019 regional competition. 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:24.180 And behind me here, we have the dive tank 00:00:24.620 --> 00:00:32.700 where students from all over the region are putting their designed ROV's, which are underwater robots, 00:00:32.920 --> 00:00:39.260 into the pool and testing them out through challenges that MATE has created for this year's competition. 00:00:39.820 --> 00:00:41.360 Now there's a lot going on here. 00:00:41.380 --> 00:00:47.820 Teams are driving their ROV and managing operations from the deck up here, 00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:52.400 ROV's in the water, and lots of teamwork happening. 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:55.440 We've got some visitors that are tuning in as well. 00:00:56.860 --> 00:01:01.940 Some volunteer divers making sure that the operations are going as planned, also. 00:01:02.100 --> 00:01:06.000 So, lots of moving pieces here. 00:01:06.220 --> 00:01:11.120 To give you a little bit of sense of place, we have the Thunder Bay River right behind us. 00:01:11.660 --> 00:01:17.460 We are here in Alpena, Michigan at the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center, 00:01:20.340 --> 00:01:27.060 and there's lots of other things to see here today at the competition that I'm going to give you a tour of. 00:01:27.360 --> 00:01:32.280 So to start, I want to talk about some of the partners that we have here with us 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:35.880 that have brought along their marine technology equipment as well. 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:39.820 We'll touch base with some of them and see what they have to share, 00:01:39.900 --> 00:01:42.060 but I want to thank them ahead of time. 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:46.600 We have Alpena Community College's Marine Tech and Drone program here. 00:01:46.740 --> 00:01:50.940 Michigan State Police have brought out their dive team and their ROVs. 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:54.871 We also have Hammond Bay Biological Center that's brought some sea lampreys 00:01:54.880 --> 00:02:00.300 that we're going to check out to have as an additional educational resource here. 00:02:01.160 --> 00:02:06.760 We also have a very special expedition that's happening in Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary 00:02:07.080 --> 00:02:13.600 with Ocean Exploration Trust and the University of New Hampshire's Coastal Center for Ocean Mapping. 00:02:13.940 --> 00:02:16.740 Now I'll take you over there later on today, 00:02:17.060 --> 00:02:21.360 but those operations are originally happening out of Rogers City. 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:24.540 They're mapping areas of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary 00:02:24.540 --> 00:02:26.780 that haven't been mapped yet. 00:02:27.040 --> 00:02:33.140 But today, they've decided to come on down and show off their high-tech autonomous surface vehicle 00:02:33.400 --> 00:02:38.300 who has a name, BEN, standing for bathymetric explorer and navigator. 00:02:38.620 --> 00:02:42.740 And ASV BEN is actually going to be in the Thunder Bay River mapping some of this 00:02:42.760 --> 00:02:47.960 just to show off new marine technology and how you can become an ocean explorer. 00:02:48.040 --> 00:02:51.240 So it's a really great way for these students to see the future. 00:02:51.500 --> 00:02:53.880 So I'm going to grab David Cummins, 00:02:53.880 --> 00:02:58.600 and he's going to talk to us a little bit about ACC's marine tech and drone program. 00:02:59.420 --> 00:02:59.980 Hi David! 00:03:00.160 --> 00:03:01.260 - Hi Hannah! 00:03:01.440 --> 00:03:03.580 - We are live on Facebook, 00:03:03.580 --> 00:03:08.500 and we want to hear about ACC's marine tech program and then maybe check out the van, 00:03:08.700 --> 00:03:10.920 see what you brought with you here today. 00:03:10.940 --> 00:03:11.780 - Awesome! 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:17.840 Yeah, ACC we have a marine tech program and more of what we've been working on is 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:23.120 developing to kind of the modern industry of helping students if they're interested in marine technology, 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:27.760 getting them started on that career path, and looking at all the options that they might want to go into, 00:03:27.900 --> 00:03:31.740 and also different career paths that use some of those tools, 00:03:31.940 --> 00:03:35.080 like law enforcement, fish and wildlife, marine biology. 00:03:35.380 --> 00:03:40.920 Give them skills, more of the hands-on, how to operate the robots, all the practice we do, 00:03:41.160 --> 00:03:48.340 and that's what we use the mobile command center we'll look at here's actually used as a mobile classroom. 00:03:48.380 --> 00:03:53.520 Our students will spend most of class in that vehicle, hands-on operating the vehicles, 00:03:54.300 --> 00:03:59.680 and then looking at helping them sort out exactly what career path they want, and moving them onto those fields, 00:03:59.760 --> 00:04:04.640 from a technician, to survey, to marine biology. 00:04:04.820 --> 00:04:05.480 - That's awesome. 00:04:05.820 --> 00:04:07.440 So yeah, you wanna go check out the van? 00:04:07.460 --> 00:04:08.900 - Yeah, so come on with us! 00:04:08.900 --> 00:04:14.080 - So you're also a volunteer judge, is that what you're doing here today as well? 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:19.800 - Yeah, so today safety inspections and helping out with judging. 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:20.880 - Oh, that's awesome. 00:04:20.880 --> 00:04:26.140 So you probably have lots of knowledge to be a judge with running the marine tech program. 00:04:26.380 --> 00:04:30.640 - Yeah so understanding electronics, the programming side helps out. 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:31.560 - Right. 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:37.240 Alright. 00:04:37.860 --> 00:04:41.200 So this right here must be ACC's van. 00:04:41.380 --> 00:04:43.280 So yes, this is our mobile command unit. 00:04:43.280 --> 00:04:46.300 We use it for drones and ROVs both. 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:50.800 So, some of the fields we're starting to look at and do hands-on too, 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:53.800 even related to marine technology, is drones. 00:04:54.140 --> 00:04:57.660 Especially shallow waters or shallow water mapping, 00:04:57.660 --> 00:05:04.080 or getting that overall perspective, is the drones are fast becoming a tool used in that field. 00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:05.520 - That's awesome. 00:05:05.640 --> 00:05:09.440 So, if we think we can get our viewers inside, we can show a little bit of the setup. 00:05:09.440 --> 00:05:10.000 - Yeah. 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:11.700 - So come on back here. 00:05:23.920 --> 00:05:31.500 So for viewers that might just be tuning in we are now inside of ACC's drone and marine tech command 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:32.060 - Center. 00:05:32.220 --> 00:05:33.560 - Command center, yes. 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:38.120 And we're live from the Great Lakes MATE regional ROV competition. 00:05:38.640 --> 00:05:43.180 So as our students get on site and, like a ROV class, 00:05:43.400 --> 00:05:46.120 we're introducing them to the operational underwater robots. 00:05:46.540 --> 00:05:50.680 Our first day of class is mainly getting the students used to how does the robot work. 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:58.440 Set it up, once they demonstrate that, probably the next several months we spend every day in this van 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:04.620 out in the field from the tank here, to start out get use, to then running out to on local waterways 00:06:05.080 --> 00:06:07.040 and having them get real life experience. 00:06:07.280 --> 00:06:07.880 - That's cool. 00:06:07.900 --> 00:06:10.400 So they will usually operate the robot rig from here. 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:12.800 They'll have a co-pilot with our sonar, 00:06:13.320 --> 00:06:19.640 and we've also tried some work where we'll have another student set up a drone, 00:06:20.080 --> 00:06:22.940 and get the arial view, broadcast it to another monitor 00:06:22.940 --> 00:06:26.720 so our ROV pilot can have a bird's eye view of where they are at, 00:06:27.040 --> 00:06:29.440 while they're also looking at the sonar and ROV. 00:06:29.440 --> 00:06:34.480 And then having a coordinating, using me as the instructor, coordinating these full operations. 00:06:35.500 --> 00:06:40.340 So it's ability combine all of these, and we'll look at how are they used as a tool 00:06:40.840 --> 00:06:46.500 and finding out that the underwater robots and the drones aren't just if you're an engineer major, 00:06:46.520 --> 00:06:47.860 want to design and build them. 00:06:48.180 --> 00:06:53.120 But if you're going into some these fields where they're being used now as a standard tool. 00:06:53.500 --> 00:06:54.520 - That's really great. 00:06:54.520 --> 00:06:59.100 - And a great example of that is, beside those two, is our local law enforcement 00:06:59.100 --> 00:07:02.320 that have actually two robots just like the one we use at the college. 00:07:02.340 --> 00:07:04.440 - Awesome, yeah let's go check those out. 00:07:04.620 --> 00:07:06.600 And I had another question for you. 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:12.760 Did many of your students start at the MATE ROV level doing competitions? 00:07:12.760 --> 00:07:16.760 - Yes, the MATE ROV competition is a great way to get them started 00:07:17.720 --> 00:07:19.880 not only if they're interested in engineering. 00:07:20.020 --> 00:07:22.100 They can kind of feel out do they like the engineering side, 00:07:22.100 --> 00:07:26.040 do they like more or less using that as a tool as a application, 00:07:26.440 --> 00:07:30.920 and how do they like it on the team and ship, in that close competitive. 00:07:31.100 --> 00:07:31.660 - Right. 00:07:31.660 --> 00:07:33.920 - So it's a good way to just kinda learn how they're doing, 00:07:34.260 --> 00:07:36.140 and that's where a lot of our students start out. 00:07:36.140 --> 00:07:41.340 They get that experience and their curious, where's the next level I can take that. 00:07:41.340 --> 00:07:45.420 And then that's our hopes at our community college, Alpena Community College, 00:07:45.420 --> 00:07:49.640 is help them explore that, and let's find out what path we can put them on 00:07:49.640 --> 00:07:52.840 to follow their passions wherever they want to go. 00:07:53.100 --> 00:07:54.180 - Yeah, that's great. 00:07:54.180 --> 00:07:57.640 And so this must be the Michigan State police's equipment. 00:07:57.640 --> 00:08:01.480 - So this is Michigan, state of Michigan's, equipment. 00:08:01.580 --> 00:08:05.880 Which is an Outland 1000, same ROV that we use at the college. 00:08:07.340 --> 00:08:08.860 So, law enforcement. 00:08:09.340 --> 00:08:14.680 A lot of times this would be used for body, evidence recovery. 00:08:15.200 --> 00:08:21.140 So, criminal thinks, oh I'm just going throw over the river, I'm gonna throw it water, it's gone forever. 00:08:21.620 --> 00:08:28.280 Well, one of the problems they're gonna have is with sonar, we can pick up metal really easily. 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:31.860 It's almost like a reflector to light. 00:08:32.460 --> 00:08:35.500 So, we can find those evidence really quick. 00:08:35.820 --> 00:08:40.820 If it's dangerous, or if some unfortunate accident of someone drowning, 00:08:41.360 --> 00:08:47.060 is we don't want to put our law enforcement agency in that same dangerous circumstance. 00:08:47.360 --> 00:08:52.180 So a lot of times, we can put the robot down, especially thin ice or icy condition, 00:08:52.520 --> 00:08:56.260 we send the robot down, let them search and use the sonar stuff, 00:08:56.560 --> 00:09:01.400 and if they find what they're looking for, then a lot of times a hover position and then the diver 00:09:01.400 --> 00:09:07.020 will follow that cord so we can be respectful of that unfortunate incident. 00:09:07.340 --> 00:09:07.980 - That's awesome. 00:09:08.440 --> 00:09:13.660 And it's great to see that there's many applications to these underwater robots and marine technology. 00:09:13.880 --> 00:09:14.600 - Correct. 00:09:14.600 --> 00:09:17.280 - We're gonna check in with the Ocean Exploration Trust 00:09:17.320 --> 00:09:20.260 and the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping in a little bit. 00:09:20.260 --> 00:09:26.040 So they're doing exploring, but it's great to see some applicable research and use of these as well. 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:29.940 - And it's amazing it goes now with the technology game where it's at 00:09:29.940 --> 00:09:32.660 we can use as a tool, just like we would a laptop. 00:09:32.980 --> 00:09:38.620 All the way to we see researchers creating more modern and sophisticated uses 00:09:38.680 --> 00:09:42.380 to take us to areas we never believed we could explore before. 00:09:42.380 --> 00:09:42.880 - That's awesome. 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:44.420 Well, thank you so much. 00:09:44.420 --> 00:09:47.520 We're gonna go check out some more of the competition. 00:09:47.720 --> 00:09:48.220 - Thank you. 00:09:48.220 --> 00:09:49.080 - Good luck judging. 00:09:50.600 --> 00:09:53.720 Alright, so we just checked out Alpena Community College's 00:09:53.940 --> 00:09:57.960 and the Michigan State Police's marine technology resources. 00:09:58.440 --> 00:10:02.280 I think we're gonna head inside, see if we can see some sea lamprey 00:10:02.320 --> 00:10:04.740 from the Hammond Bay biological center. 00:10:05.140 --> 00:10:11.380 All of these partners are coming together for the MATE Great Lakes regional ROV competition, 00:10:11.660 --> 00:10:17.680 which is taking place at the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center here in Alpena, Michigan. 00:10:19.160 --> 00:10:23.320 We're now entering the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Trail, 00:10:24.500 --> 00:10:30.480 which if you are local or would like to visit, is a great place to learn about shipwrecks 00:10:30.700 --> 00:10:32.420 and the Thunder Bay River. 00:10:32.660 --> 00:10:36.420 All along the trail here is the riverfront, 00:10:36.620 --> 00:10:42.740 along with signage and photos that can be a half or a third the size of shipwrecks, 00:10:42.740 --> 00:10:48.420 so it's a way that you can get into your sanctuary and see shipwrecks just along this trail. 00:10:49.060 --> 00:10:55.380 Oh, and if we pan to the river now, this is the autonomous surface vehicle BEN 00:10:55.780 --> 00:10:58.460 that I had mentioned earlier. 00:10:59.520 --> 00:11:02.680 We will check in with that team and learn a little bit more about that 00:11:02.760 --> 00:11:08.200 after we pop inside and see what's going on in there as well. 00:11:10.160 --> 00:11:14.060 So this is the back entrance to the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center, 00:11:14.320 --> 00:11:19.360 where there is a visitor's center with lots of exhibits that are tremendously done 00:11:19.640 --> 00:11:21.400 on the shipwrecks of the area. 00:11:21.660 --> 00:11:25.900 It goes through a tour of the history of the Great Lakes, shipping in the Great Lakes, 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:29.400 and tells stories of many of the shipwrecks as well. 00:11:34.440 --> 00:11:39.980 So let's actually check out the live feed that's coming from the ROV tank 00:11:40.040 --> 00:11:43.780 that we were just in that's broadcasted in our theater. 00:11:44.700 --> 00:11:46.080 So we'll go in here. 00:11:47.780 --> 00:11:52.600 This is where parents or other teams can observe what's happening under the pool. 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:58.440 There's live cameras set up down there to see how the ROVs are navigating through their missions. 00:11:58.760 --> 00:11:59.680 So let's check it out. 00:12:17.700 --> 00:12:21.680 So here we have some live cameras set up. 00:12:22.140 --> 00:12:29.160 One of the ROV operations. 00:12:29.220 --> 00:12:33.780 We have the dive tank that we were just at that you can see as well. 00:12:34.460 --> 00:12:41.140 And then on the floor of the tank, you can see the different obstacles that they have. 00:12:44.540 --> 00:12:47.900 So this is also being broadcasted on our YouTube channel. 00:12:48.260 --> 00:12:50.460 So if you go to Thunder Bay's YouTube page, 00:12:50.460 --> 00:12:54.620 you can watch this live from wherever you're viewing as well. 00:13:05.780 --> 00:13:10.820 So right here we have another partner, the Hammond Biological Research Station. 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:14.020 And they have some sea lampreys that they brought with them. 00:13:14.500 --> 00:13:17.520 And sea lampreys are an invasive species to the Great Lakes. 00:13:18.300 --> 00:13:24.300 Let's go check out and see if we can listen in on some of things they're telling these visitors about. 00:13:26.860 --> 00:13:29.300 - And then that all came to a crash. 00:13:29.300 --> 00:13:32.220 It was like falling off a cliff when sea lamprey invaded. 00:13:32.220 --> 00:13:36.820 And sea lamprey wiped out lake trout from four out of the five Great Lakes. 00:13:36.900 --> 00:13:40.420 They devastated whitefish populations and burbot populations. 00:13:42.100 --> 00:13:44.480 They do, yep, they're all of the Great Lakes. 00:13:44.620 --> 00:13:48.040 So they've absolutely devastated fisheries across the entire Great Lakes. 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:54.300 - [Hannah] Do you have a sea lamprey, besides these ones, one that you can handle? 00:13:54.300 --> 00:13:55.040 - Yes we do! 00:13:55.240 --> 00:13:59.720 We are live on Facebook showing the MATE ROV competition 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:02.560 and would love to show one of the sea lampreys. 00:14:02.680 --> 00:14:03.500 Yeah, I would be happy to. 00:14:03.500 --> 00:14:04.900 Are you game to hold and touch one? 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:06.360 - I guess so, yeah. 00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:07.020 - Ok wonderful. 00:14:08.920 --> 00:14:11.880 Here, I can help you out. 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:15.240 The easiest way to hold them if you like would be to wear a pair of gloves. 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:16.000 - Alright. 00:14:24.860 --> 00:14:27.760 - They are slippery, and that's the reason why we wear the gloves. 00:14:27.860 --> 00:14:29.420 So we'll get these out. 00:14:30.980 --> 00:14:32.280 Have you ever held a snake before? 00:14:32.280 --> 00:14:33.020 - I have. 00:14:33.160 --> 00:14:39.260 - Ok, so they're a little bit like holding a snake because they're very strong and wiggly and muscular 00:14:39.420 --> 00:14:41.840 but much, much slimier. 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:43.400 So here you go. 00:14:43.400 --> 00:14:44.900 - [Visitor] Aw, I wanna hold one. 00:14:45.400 --> 00:14:49.340 Wow, and so this is its mouth right here, right? 00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:54.620 - Yep, it has about 150 teeth, most of those teeth are used to grip the side of a fish, 00:14:54.780 --> 00:14:59.220 but the nastiest part is right in the center of the mouth, that's the sea lampreys tongue. 00:14:59.260 --> 00:15:02.120 That tongue is lined with teeth, they're all razor-sharp, 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:06.780 and the lamprey will use that toothed tongue to lick or lash a hole through the side of a fish. 00:15:06.840 --> 00:15:07.340 - Wow! 00:15:07.420 --> 00:15:10.260 - So that's how the lamprey makes its way through the scales of a fish, 00:15:10.260 --> 00:15:13.200 and then it drinks the blood and the other juices that pop out. 00:15:13.400 --> 00:15:13.900 - Wow. 00:15:13.900 --> 00:15:16.800 And what is this current status of the sea lamprey in the Great Lakes? 00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:17.640 - Well under controlled. 00:15:17.940 --> 00:15:21.460 Yep, they're one of the best controlled invasive species anywhere in the world. 00:15:21.620 --> 00:15:22.900 - Oh wow, that's awesome. 00:15:22.900 --> 00:15:26.240 - Yeah, so we've been able to reduce populations by about 90 percent since they invaded. 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:27.600 - That's very cool. 00:15:27.820 --> 00:15:29.760 Have you ever gotten one stuck to you? 00:15:29.940 --> 00:15:31.500 - I have. 00:15:31.660 --> 00:15:32.940 - Do you want to do it now? 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:34.940 Do you want me to put one on you? 00:15:35.140 --> 00:15:36.180 On me, I've never 00:15:36.180 --> 00:15:36.840 - Are you game? 00:15:37.540 --> 00:15:40.480 - I, yes, for Facebook live I guess I will be game. 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:40.980 - I love it! 00:15:40.980 --> 00:15:43.700 So I will, so pop off one of your gloves. 00:15:44.880 --> 00:15:45.840 - On my hand? 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:47.180 - And then we're gonna do it on your palm. 00:15:47.180 --> 00:15:47.840 - On my palm, alright. 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:49.580 - Because those teeth are very sharp. 00:15:49.580 --> 00:15:52.420 And so the palm is a little better protected. 00:15:52.800 --> 00:15:53.780 See how fast that goes? 00:15:53.780 --> 00:15:54.280 - Yeah! 00:15:54.280 --> 00:15:55.420 - Almost instantaneous. 00:15:55.700 --> 00:15:57.900 And we can let it hang, if you're willing. 00:15:59.140 --> 00:16:00.080 Nicely done. 00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:05.180 It, it feels like a vacuum cleaner kind of, with a little bit of sharp edges. 00:16:05.180 --> 00:16:07.140 Yeah, it left a mark on my palm. 00:16:07.140 --> 00:16:08.260 That's awesome. 00:16:08.340 --> 00:16:12.460 The key thing, though, is that if you look there's no hole in the center where the tongue is. 00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:16.380 - So the tongue, if the totally scrapes, then that's when it draws the blood. 00:16:16.380 --> 00:16:18.580 - That's when it would draw blood, but it doesn't do that on people. 00:16:18.580 --> 00:16:19.080 - Great. 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:20.760 - Sea lamprey only attack fish. 00:16:20.860 --> 00:16:23.840 So humans never have to worry about a sea lamprey attacking them. 00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:27.620 There's no reason to be afraid of swimming along with sea lamprey 00:16:27.620 --> 00:16:30.980 or out in a river or lake because sea lamprey never attack people. 00:16:30.980 --> 00:16:31.480 - Great. 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:36.580 - They would attach on like this because we hold anything that goes in front of a sea lampreys mouth. 00:16:36.980 --> 00:16:38.300 See, I've never tried that before. 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:39.600 Look, there we go. 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:41.380 A sea lamprey will attach to, 00:16:41.380 --> 00:16:42.580 but they're not trying to feed. 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:44.600 Feeding is just exclusive to fish. 00:16:46.380 --> 00:16:47.360 It's like a little kiss. 00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:48.960 - Well thank you so much for the information. 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:50.960 -Your welcome, thank you for coming by. 00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:51.480 - Yeah! 00:16:51.580 --> 00:16:52.440 Any last photos? 00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:59.520 We will will share this with the Hammond Bay Biological Station's Facebook page. 00:17:00.160 --> 00:17:02.960 Yeah, connect our viewers with you, this is awesome. 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:03.520 - Fantastic! 00:17:03.520 --> 00:17:06.220 Yeah, so it's the Great Lakes Fishery Commission Facebook page. 00:17:06.220 --> 00:17:06.740 - Ok. 00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:09.460 - @LampreyControl, right there. 00:17:10.860 --> 00:17:13.760 - And are these all similar, the same species? 00:17:14.280 --> 00:17:17.720 There are many, there are multiple species of lamprey in the Great Lakes, is that correct? 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:21.460 - There are, yep, there are four native species of lamprey in the Great Lakes 00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:23.420 and then the sea lamprey are the invasive ones. 00:17:23.500 --> 00:17:24.760 - And these are all the invasive ones. 00:17:24.760 --> 00:17:26.560 - Yes, yep, that's what we got on display, yeah. 00:17:26.560 --> 00:17:27.220 - Awesome! 00:17:27.420 --> 00:17:28.260 Well thank you so much! 00:17:28.260 --> 00:17:30.320 - Thanks so much you guys, bye! 00:17:30.900 --> 00:17:34.800 - So, next we can check out the poster session, 00:17:34.800 --> 00:17:39.700 which these students have worked really hard on throughout the MATE ROV competition. 00:17:40.100 --> 00:17:43.880 And the posters are located upstairs in the visitor center. 00:17:44.120 --> 00:17:52.020 So, through this tour I'll also give you a quick tour of the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage center. 00:17:54.380 --> 00:17:57.160 We have the Western Hope of Alpena. 00:17:57.180 --> 00:18:01.560 This is a model sailing ship that used to be on the Great Lakes. 00:18:04.660 --> 00:18:08.040 Right here, we have an ROV team that's probably prepping 00:18:08.040 --> 00:18:12.620 for one of their aspects of the competition today. 00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:19.860 Then we'll head upstairs to see some of the posters. 00:18:36.540 --> 00:18:41.100 This is where we also do some of the history of the Great Lakes. 00:18:41.340 --> 00:18:47.340 It's exhibited in chronological order and we see just that if you're visiting the center that you start up here as well. 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:54.160 But this is the same space that we're showing the posters today for the MATE ROV competition. 00:18:59.560 --> 00:19:03.940 So lots of hard work and time and thought been put into these. 00:19:04.320 --> 00:19:09.700 These, right here this team here on the bottom research company. 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:14.320 I believe they are the middle school team from Alpena, Michigan. 00:19:14.700 --> 00:19:19.220 On their poster they have their ROV, they have their design rationale. 00:19:20.260 --> 00:19:23.140 Looks like a real scientific poster to me. 00:19:25.560 --> 00:19:28.700 We can circle around all of these posters. 00:19:29.280 --> 00:19:36.640 You're welcome to stop by the visitors center anytime today before 4 p.m. to check out these yourself. 00:19:49.780 --> 00:19:50.900 Alright. 00:19:51.380 --> 00:19:57.940 So if you're just now tuning in we're coming to you live from the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage center 00:19:58.460 --> 00:20:03.520 for the 2019 MATE regional Great Lakes ROV competition. 00:20:04.380 --> 00:20:10.900 So the next stop we're going to take is actually going to be out at the Thunder Bay River. 00:20:11.500 --> 00:20:18.080 We'll go through our visitor center one last time before heading down that way. 00:20:19.260 --> 00:20:21.940 But we've got some more partners that are here today. 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:26.840 They're here for an expedition that's happening in Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 00:20:27.600 --> 00:20:35.440 but are interested in showcasing their marine technology to the students and to the public of the Alpena area. 00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:44.280 So they have paused their expedition research today to come out and showcase what they have going on. 00:20:44.340 --> 00:20:47.000 So we'll go back outside. 00:20:50.320 --> 00:20:56.020 In this tent here too as well is where more of the competition madness is happening. 00:20:56.020 --> 00:21:00.140 That's where we're gonna be doing some of the awards later as well. 00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:07.720 I think that the teams are set up in there to prepare their ROVs, to fix anything that malfunctions, 00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:15.540 and really just focus on the teamwork and all of the building that is required before they put it in the tank. 00:21:16.360 --> 00:21:26.360 So we're gonna head on down to the to the Thunder Bay River where we saw ASV BEN a few moments ago. 00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:34.640 On our way down there I'll give you a little bit more background on the expedition that's here and who's involved. 00:21:35.420 --> 00:21:42.320 So this project is funded by NOAA to explore National Marine Sanctuaries 00:21:42.580 --> 00:21:45.100 in ways that they haven't been explored before. 00:21:45.540 --> 00:21:49.320 So it's a telepresence enabled research program, 00:21:49.900 --> 00:21:54.500 meaning that anything that's happening, a part of the research project, 00:21:54.760 --> 00:21:58.760 can be broadcasted live to scientists or to the general public. 00:21:59.160 --> 00:22:03.400 So this one right here is focused on Great Lakes mapping. 00:22:03.580 --> 00:22:10.560 And I think now's a great opportunity to give you an up-close look at ASV BEN. 00:22:12.520 --> 00:22:17.860 So this device is autonomous, meaning there's nobody driving that onboard. 00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:21.780 They're driving it from a control van which I'll take you to in a moment. 00:22:22.300 --> 00:22:28.700 And there's sonar equipment attached to that that's collecting data to provide bathymetric maps 00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:35.780 or lakebed, sea floor, and in this case, riverbed data that can then be used to 00:22:35.780 --> 00:22:39.740 categorize fish habitats, look for shipwrecks, 00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:44.280 and something unique to Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary is freshwater sinkholes. 00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:51.780 So let's go talk to the team and see if we can get an update on the expedition so far 00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:57.860 and maybe they'll provide us some more information on what they've got in their control van. 00:22:59.620 --> 00:23:05.500 So as I was saying, the partners in this are Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 00:23:05.840 --> 00:23:07.460 where the research is happening. 00:23:07.860 --> 00:23:14.200 There's Ocean Exploration Trust, which also runs Nautilus live, 00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:19.900 who will be visiting five other national marine sanctuaries this 2019 season. 00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:23.980 You can check them out live at Nautiluslive.org, 00:23:24.320 --> 00:23:28.340 and they are broadcasting their research throughout the season as well 00:23:28.340 --> 00:23:31.160 and will be visiting other national marine sanctuaries. 00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:35.860 And then the third partner, the one that are the operators of ASV BEN, 00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:40.420 is the University of New Hampshire's Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping. 00:23:40.780 --> 00:23:45.380 And they have designed BEN, equipped it with the right technology, the coding, 00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:51.900 all of the software to make it run and produce really high resolution bathymetric maps, 00:23:52.140 --> 00:24:00.200 which are extremely useful for sanctuaries, for knowing the fish that are in the lake, the fish habitat, 00:24:00.560 --> 00:24:05.240 finding shipwrecks, lots of great use for that. 00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:09.940 So this right here is where they're operating the research from. 00:24:10.340 --> 00:24:13.560 This is what they call their control van. 00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:21.340 It is also the same trailer that ASV BEN fits inside. 00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:28.240 So to give you a better perspective of size, ASV BEN could fit inside this trailer. 00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:32.540 So let's see if we can talk to 00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:34.460 Hi Lindsay! 00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.540 - Hey Hannah, how you doing? 00:24:35.540 --> 00:24:36.080 - Good. 00:24:36.080 --> 00:24:37.860 We are live on Facebook. 00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:38.600 - Oh cool! 00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:43.380 - Lindsay is the expedition lead, and he is with Ocean Exploration Trust. 00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:45.620 We got to see BEN in the river! 00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:46.480 - Right you did, good! 00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:48.380 So you saw it just coming past down here? 00:24:48.380 --> 00:24:48.900 - Yeah! 00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:50.520 - Yeah, so they're out there mapping right now, 00:24:50.520 --> 00:24:52.360 and the team is monitoring in here. 00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:55.220 We've had lots of people coming by, see what we're doing. 00:24:55.580 --> 00:24:59.860 This is the first time they've been in a river, first time in about two knots of stream, 00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:01.440 so they're trying to work out just the 00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:05.280 They're driving it actually manually today because of that, because we're in the river. 00:25:05.280 --> 00:25:07.560 - So, what does manual driving mean? 00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:14.020 - Well manual driving, if you want to have a look in here, we'll see Andy has the controller, control system. 00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:20.560 So you saw the the other day the boat was pre-programmed, Roland had pre programmed tracks, 00:25:20.760 --> 00:25:27.240 but today, Andy is driving it actually along the, along the riverbank with these controls here. 00:25:27.800 --> 00:25:29.600 - [Andy] So this is the controls right here. 00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:34.600 - [Lindsay] Manual control, and one of the reasons is we're not sure of the currents in here 00:25:34.600 --> 00:25:35.940 and so just getting used to that. 00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:39.740 We may go to automatic later on, but for now we're kind of just trying to do the manual. 00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:41.260 - That's great. 00:25:41.840 --> 00:25:45.400 Are there any times in the foreseeable future where there might be currents 00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:48.600 and you're not in a river that you would need to manually operate? 00:25:48.600 --> 00:25:51.240 - Yeah, when we're out in the Channel Islands there's various places 00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:54.720 there's always currents around and we have to be careful of that, 00:25:54.720 --> 00:26:00.060 but in the river it's much more constrained because we got the bridges, and you know, the banks on either side 00:26:00.120 --> 00:26:04.400 so it's kind of a learning experience for us out here right now today. 00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.640 - Great! 00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:07.340 - But so far, so good. 00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:13.340 It's awesome to see the variety of marine technology that's available, 00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:16.660 and especially showcased at this MATE ROV competition, 00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:20.100 from the ROVs that they're designing in the pool, to the ones 00:26:20.100 --> 00:26:24.800 that the college and the Michigan State Police have, to other equipment like this. 00:26:25.340 --> 00:26:27.240 There's quite a variety. 00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:32.080 - It's great to see that here, I mean you've got everything here where they see the the police sort of systems, 00:26:32.080 --> 00:26:37.460 and then, yeah, students being able to see well there's, it's not just the competition it's a MATE competition. 00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:41.900 I mean eventually they can, you know, there's a future in jobs and and all of those sort of things. 00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:44.120 So, it really is really neat. 00:26:45.020 --> 00:26:45.820 - That's great. 00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:53.140 Well, we have gone behind the scenes with this team before on NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries 00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:55.880 Facebook page, and that has been archived. 00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:59.600 So if you want to learn more about the data, how its processed, 00:27:00.060 --> 00:27:07.040 and background information on the researchers themselves, you can tune in to that Facebook. 00:27:08.060 --> 00:27:09.560 We're gonna wrap things up here. 00:27:09.560 --> 00:27:16.340 Thank You Lindsay and the UNH team for bringing ASV BEN down to the MATE ROV competition. 00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:19.900 We will head on out of the control van. 00:27:20.820 --> 00:27:21.600 - [Lindsay] See you later. 00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:26.040 Operations here will be wrapping up at 3 p.m. 00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:30.440 Starting at 3 p.m. as well in the theater that we were in with the livestream, 00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:33.900 we're gonna be connecting with Doctor Ballard with the Nautilus. 00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:39.280 He's on board Ocean Exploration Trust's vessel, exploration vessel, Nautilus, 00:27:39.280 --> 00:27:43.080 right now doing a mapping expedition in California. 00:27:43.080 --> 00:27:47.600 And he's gonna be connecting with us, talking to the students and to the general public, 00:27:47.600 --> 00:27:51.640 about ocean exploration and the importance of marine technology, 00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:57.240 as well as getting a broader overview of the expedition that we have going on here at Thunder bay. 00:27:57.620 --> 00:28:02.800 There's also gonna be two other options, opportunities, to connect live on Facebook 00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:08.100 with Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Ocean Exploration Trust, and University of New Hampshire 00:28:08.600 --> 00:28:14.400 another time at on this Tuesday between 4:30 and 6:30 at the end of an operations day. 00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:16.660 We'll be coming to you from Rogers City. 00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:22.480 And then again on Thursday at 11:30 am Eastern Standard Time we'll go behind the scenes, 00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:26.160 interview some of the researchers as well, so more opportunities. 00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:31.340 If you're local to this region, please come on down and check out the MATE ROV competition. 00:28:31.560 --> 00:28:37.460 Lots to see, watch the livestream of the ROVs in the tank, check out the tank, 00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:40.160 check out some of the posters, talk to some of the students, 00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:45.380 and meet some of these people on this team here, and watch ASV BEN in the river. 00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:49.980 Alright, thank you for tuning in to our Facebook live!