A group of students from Nikola Tesla STEM High School worked hard all year to create a functioning underwater Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV). They spent countless hours in the lab at school, even time at a nearby pool, to make sure their ROV would contend as one of the best at the MATE Pacific Northwest Regional ROV Competition. Watch the video to see how the team used the knowledge they learned in the classroom and hard work paid off, despite some obstacles they had to overcome. | Lake Washingt

Operating an ROV thousands of meters below the ocean’s surface is no easy feat but our skilled pilots make it look effortless. From the OceanXplorer’s mission control, they delicately maneuver robotic arms to collect fragile samples that hold vast scientific value. During our UAE mission, our ROV collected push core samples from the seafloor, each layer of sediment a time capsule, offering clues about the ocean’s past and present. These layers of sediment hold clues about the ocean’s past and pr