"The SV3 is a tremendous step forward in terms of what we can accomplish in the ocean and gives customers a competitive advantage to capture data in the most challenging ocean conditions, " said Bill Vass, CEO, Liquid Robotics.

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In the early underwater scenes, when a robot-cam pokes around the wreck of the "Titanic, " with Bill Paxton and his team of hipster techies hovering in anticipation, the ocean debris flies right out at the audience.

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