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Artificial Intelligence project to aid Chesapeake Bay oyster farmers

two young Asian men work on an underwater drone, a black cube, at the edge of a pool within a lab setting
Michael Xu and William Chen, doctoral students at the University of Maryland's Neutral Bouyancy Lab prepare an underwater drone equipped with sonar to seek out a formation of oysters. They are using artificial intelligence to stitch murky underwater images to confusing sonar readouts and produce high-detail images of oyster beds to revolutionize farming in the Chesapeake Bay. (Karl Hille/Staff)
Baltimore Sun reporter Karl Hille. (Lloyd Fox/Staff)
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A project underway at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering aims to shed light and sound on the hidden sea floor by tapping artificial intelligence to combine murky underwater video with sonar.

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