Researchers Made A Shark-Stalking Robot -- Then The Sharks Turned On It

Last November, scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's Ocean Systems Laboratory took an autonomous shark-stalking robot to Guadalupe, Mexico to track and film great white sharks. Two weeks ago, they released the footage, and it looks as though the stalker became the stalkee. The REMUS (Remote Environmental Monitoring UnitS) — or "SharkCam," as it was christened for its Discovery Channel Shark Week debut next week — is a torpedo shaped vehicle with six cameras implanted to capt...