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Robot probes 16th century Italian shipwreck 1.5 miles below the Mediterranean

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Robot probes 16th century Italian shipwreck 1.5 miles below the Mediterranean
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An intrepid sub-sea robot recently dove nearly 1.5 miles below the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of southern France. The remotely operated vehicle (ROV) went down to examine  the wreckage of a merchant ship that dates back to the 16th century. There, it found hundreds of ornately decorated ceramics, jars, and jugs strewn across the sand.  From the boat, a French navy sailor remotely controlling the robot plucked these treasures up ever so gently with the robot’s  pincers. Despit

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