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Coll is one of several biomimetic concept bots in the Marine Theater. It has crablike pincers and is designed to collect seabed minerals 19,000 feet below the waves.
DSME says that deep-sea reserves of copper, manganese, nickel, and cobalt could last an estimated 10,000 years.
July 28, 2012 11:59 AM PDT
Photo by: Tim Hornyak/CNET
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