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Underground robot Gopher deployed to Turkey to search for Noah's Ark site
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Gopher, an underground exploration robot designed by La Trobe University in Australia, has been sent to the Durupınar geological formation in eastern Turkey to join an international team's drilling and core-sampling investigation at the boat-shaped geological structure. Some people believe the structure may be related to Noah's Ark as described in the Book of Genesis in the Bible. Gopher was designed by Dr. Robert Ross of the university and is a scaled-down version of the 2021 WomBot; it was shipped at the end of July. It is a lightweight remote-controlled robot equipped with front and rear waterproof wide-angle cameras and environmental sensors, and can descend to 25 meters below the surface to collect data in places humans cannot reach. The investigation is limited by the local harsh winter, with temperatures often dropping below zero.
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- Subterranean exploration robot Gopher joins Noah's Ark search in Türkiye
Gopher, a subterranean exploration robot designed by Australia's La Trobe University, has been sent to eastern Türkiye to join an international team searching for Noah's Ark at the Durupınar geological formation. Equipped with front and rear waterproof wide-angle cameras and environmental sensors, the robot can be remotely lowered to 25 meters below the surface to collect data from places humans cannot reach. It is a scaled-down version of the 2021 WomBot and was shipped at the end of July.
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