This co-op helped an underwater robotics startup map the seafloor Shalini Agrawal, a robotics student at Northeastern, developed software for an autonomous submersible to capture images and videos of the ocean floor. Shalini Agrawal was a co-op at the maritime robotics startup Orpheus Ocean. Spun out of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in 2024, Orpheus Ocean is a robotics startup that aims to disrupt underwater robotics by offering AUV services at more cost-effective prices compared to traditional deep-sea robotics companies. She was also, of course, interested in learning more about the emerging underwater robotics industry and its applications for deep-sea exploration, she said. “Underwater robotics is actually growing a lot right now,” she said.