"Platform" submarine robot which made with the effort of Tomsk Polytechnic University scientists has successfully completed trials in the Arctic seas. Underwater apparatus investigated the nature of global warming on the Arctic shelf.

According to planet-today.ru, "Platform" robot before was tested in Vladivostok, and then was sent to the Arctic expedition with "Academic Lavrentyev" ship together.

Automated submarine apparatus is the result of a joint project of Far Eastern branch of the Institute of Marine Technology Problems of Russian Academy of Sciences and Tomsk Polytechnic University.

Tests carried out in the Arctic will allow us to identify and prioritize key robot modernization and with the purchase of a new high-tech systems in the future, will lead to the expansion of functionality " - said device manufacturers.