<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9 http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9/sitemap-news.xsd"><url><loc>https://www.ien.com/product-development/news/22978137/robot-autonomously-harvests-nodules-25-miles-under-the-sea</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Industrial Equipment News</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-11-09T16:00:23.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Robot Autonomously Harvests Nodules 2.5 Miles Under the Sea</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://img.ien.com/mindful/im/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/11/impossible-metal-frames04-03-02-03still050.fFV8QKRjOk.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The Eureka Collection System from Impossible Metals.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://img.ien.com/mindful/im/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/11/impossible-metal-frames00-44-08-15still039.1gZqvY3ujK.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Robotic end effectors are used to pick up only the selected nodules.</image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>