How cool is this!? Innovation to meet the future's needs of uncovering our human history... in the shape of a robotic mermaid!
A submersible robot in human form, developed at Stanford University, completed its first dive, recovering a 17th-century vase.
http://www.nytimes.com/video/science/100000004391469/sciencetake-meet-the-humanoid-mer-bot.html?emc=edit_th_20160510&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=74112179