在广袤的海洋中，珊瑚礁虽然只占不到0.01%的海域面积，却孕育了全球25%的海洋生物。然而，这些生态宝库正面临气候变暖、污染、过度捕捞等多重威胁。要有效保护它们，科学家需要精准定位“生物多样性热点”——那些物种特别密集的区域。但传统潜水员调查成本高、风险大、覆盖范围有限，而单一传感器（如仅用视觉或仅用声学）又各有短板。为此，来自伍兹霍尔海洋研究所等机构的研究团队开发了一款名为CUREE的多模态自主 ...

一个自带耳朵和眼睛的水下机器人，在加勒比海的珊瑚礁上，靠“听”和“看”自己找到了生物集群最集中的地方。 在加勒比海美属维尔京群岛的海底，有一片名为 Joel‘s Shoal 的健康珊瑚礁。这里是大量鱼类和无脊椎动物的家园，也是科学家长期监测的生态样地。2022年11月到2024年3月，一个名叫CUREE的小型水下机器人（全称Curious ...

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