What this guy really needed to do was partner up with a qualified seaweed hunter and use his underwater vehicles to get into the seaweed game. If only there were such a man who could be called on…

We just saw this chap's supervillain origin story. He's going to come back calling himself the Aqua Lord and hold the dragons hostage in his terrifying Hydro Dome, dangling over a tank of fearsome robot sharks.

A Shark Tank presented in Dragon‘s Den 😅

The dragons gave him really good advice about partnering with an already popular tourist attraction and using real fish instead of robotic ones. His idea still has a chance, but only if he's willing to make the adjustments necessary.

"You need someone very wealthy who likes remote controlled sharks. Do you know anyone?" *Dr Evil enters the room*

That zoom in on his sweat lol.

He keeps stroking the submarine like the evil guy strokes his cat on Inspector Gadget

This is literally the coolest idea ever. It’s the equivalent of indoor skydiving. They should have invested.

I like how this guy doesn't pick up on any sarcasm thrown at him.

This business sank without a trace

He has such a calming voice.

One thing we learned recently is that you don’t want to mix rich people with submarine technology

best not to fart while using these

The shots of Theo 😂

Theo: "You need someone very wealthy who likes remote control sharks. Do you know anyone?" "I want sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads! I will pay one MILLION dollars!" - Dr Evil.

I’m from Birmingham and I would actually pay £45 to experience it in open waters not tank though

I did something very similar to this years back at an adventure type park in Florida USA. We got to actually scuba dive with all the tropical fish and other amazing creatures. This guy was spot on.

Show the tan on six pack guy. Honestly the best dragons den ever.

It's clear this guy was another level to the dragons. He's evolved beyond the primates in front of him. The problem? Dude didn't cost the expense of building this resort and how the first few years may not be profitable

Agree with James. If he had come with JUST THE SUB and pushed an idea to market it to seaside resorts around the world he would be onto something. I am in the Philippines, there are over 7000 islands here many with fantastic beaches and inlets. I can see resorts with a fleet of these BOBs bumbling around close to the shoreline along with snorkeling, paragliding and surfing.

Dang, this dude could of made it really a great pitch. If it was for the robots, and not for a building that does not exist.

I've been on one of these in Thailand. Was a really cool experience being underwater with the fish was great. Putting a land based opportunity to experience would be great. Just need real fish in there.

It’s a good thing James had earlier invested heavily in the unique ‘Back Track Bike’!!! He jumped on it quick enough here. Really came in useful.

Dragons: Tanks, but no tanks!

Google only showed that he used the robo subs to film sharks in the national marine aquarium for the film robo sharks(2015). This pitch was in 2007,2008 it was reported that he's still looking for the right place to build his dome.

I don't think this can stand on its own. However, I do believe its a good idea, if it were marketed as a way to log hours with the equipment before taking it out in the ocean. I think a place that generally functions as a large indoor pool that occasionally offers training time with their proprietary equipment would be the way to do it.

I'd actually pay to do this. I love scuba diving and really enjoyed scuba diving in a swimming pool when we did ot for training. I agree with Debra though, location is key

So he brought Shark Tank to Dragons Den 🤔

Pretty cool he got footage of robo-shark Vs an actual shark.

This is one of the funniest episodes I've seen. So many hilarious small moments.

Why not just sell or rent the mini submarines to tour companies? EDIT: After recent events, maybe richies shouldn’t be involved in submarine sales

The camera angles on this 😂 him sweating, awkward closeups of the dragons, etc

Brilliant idea...robotic sealife would be a real tourist attraction. Being underwater in Bob in a safe but exciting environment.

Realistically, it might take half an hour of preparation for the swim, including time for a group of people to get changed, for safety briefings, for teaching people how to use equipment, etc. Say an hour underwater - which, if the exhibit was cool enough, you could definitely spend, then another 30 minutes to shower, get changed and relax. You're looking at a two hour experience here. It could be competitive with existing aquarium parks if it had live fish too. Alternatively it could be a good sister attraction to an existing aquarium.

That would be great for viewing/ swimming with extinct animals. Literally immersive.

Is this vegan friendly?

He could fill an entire fish tank with his sweat.

I feel bad for the guy. All five companies linked to him are dissolved. Not for lack of trying.

I would totally go to this hydro dome place and do some scuba diving and submarining.

Me: my submarine isn’t working Sub Doctor: go and get it fixed then

"Sharks that are frickin' submarines!" That's definitely the quote...

I’d like to think at 1:37 Peter Jones just wrote down “chased by sharks?” 😅

This is where they got the idea for Shark Tank

Excited clients could prove a demand for his products all across coast lines where there is cool real stuff to see for free. It would let him validate, capitalize, refine and build out the business. Instead of making an expensive unnatural and unattractive center ...

put them in a tank with the roboshark but within an underwater escape room

This man is the real life Norman Osborn aka the Green Goblin.

WOW! The Dragons all look so young!

At 1.32 I thought Theo was already in the sub.

I’m writing this with only watching the first 2 minutes, but already I’m thinking his project will need WAY more than $300k. I mean $300k is the cost of a standard used house. He’s talking about an enormous building and tank. That’s millions and millions of dollars. The tank alone would likely be the most expensive part and he just said the building is 3 million I believe. Wow. Very cool idea if he’s able to pull it off. It’s funny he’s comparing this idea and it’s possible success with Disneyland. A place that costs millions of dollars a day just to operate with a TON of attractions.

I think now these would be huge tbh especially in dubai bali Maldives and places like that

Great engineer, terrible sales man. From what i understood he wanted to build like a aqua theme park??? Or is that what he actually SHOULD have wanted? Or is he a nerd expecting other people to come look at his tank with robots??? Probably but im confused. In any case this has alot of potential! But i think Debrah was right, visit places like theme parks that can help you.

I like the guy. But he needs a business partner that actually understands how to market this

Make them underwater laser tag centers.

James Khan has such a soothing voice!

‘Peter Jones is intrigued by the mini submarine’ *Shows him staring at the thing in disbelief*

I suppose the dragons thought his pitch was sub par.

That’s a brilliant idea. I’m from Birmingham also. If the owner of BOB is reading this. I’m interested.

1st thing I would think is kids drowning in a faulty sub... Too much liability... How would you insure it?... I'm out

The guy is literally on dragons den, trying to build a shark tank!!

Theoper foetus says the subtitles🤣

Fun fact; This guy is actually Piers Morgan before he fell into the industrial acid vat and went insane

Don't know if this would be possible, but could he come to some sort of arrangement with Birmingham Sealife Centre.

so did anything come of it. can't see ever seen or heard of these since

So he came up with a Shark Tank on Dragon’s Den. Crossover we did not expect.

I feel like the equipment can be used on some documentary expedition other than tourism

Large malls like the Mall of America have attractions like this... and seem to do well with them

Vehicles like this I've seen in Florida on a YT vid . ( From the 80s - 90s )

I have noticed a theme with these dragons and it looks to me that they always act funny whenever the investment is on the high side. I think his idea isn't as bad as they make it look. I think their behaviour is all a cover to hide their lack of equity.

No safety questions? Lol.

Just because these Sharks are closed minded to this chaps vision doesn't mean that other potential investors will be the same !

Is it me or do all the dragons look a bit "off" in this clip?

How do you build this for £300k? I just bought a tiny 3 bedroom house in Bristol and it cost £400k lol

I absolutely Love these little submarines! They would be a blast!

the minute he said 300k i knew there wouldn't be a dragon investor, they rarely put up that kind of money

Theo paphitis facial expressions were hilarious

id pay to have a go

I love this man's vision. He is on another level.

I don't understand what the dragons don't understand. It's not that whacky an idea; no more so than indoor ski slopes and indoor rock-climbing walls. The real issue is that £300,000 doesn't even touch the sides.

I think there's definitely potential, but the "robot fish" part of it is pretty bad. Why not have an aquarium or even open sea?

it didn't go down well

what a waste of money to have an empty tank no one wants to do that when should market them for going in the sea

Oof shoulder listened to the dragons 😂

Went home and became a supervillain after being shunned.

I just have a strange feeling the private submarine business is going to implode on itself someday so for that reason I'm out

The Dragons missed the fact that the tank won't be empty, he'll fit flow signals to show the direction of the submersibles!

Eating bubble gum tic tacs at 11:30pm, in lockdown in New Zealand. I watch one or two den videos before bed 😴 it has become a routine haha

That bead of sweat rolling slowly down his cheek 🧐

What Andrew Sneath managed to keep secret was that he didn't invent the BOB. I rode one in the mid 90's that carried the BOB name and looked far more streamlined than this. Someone, possibly him, has developed the breathing system but it's essentially the same. From experience they're not safe for anyone who doesn't have full confidence in water and the ability to swim and too boring for anyone who can SCUBA dive. They're supposedly capable of descending to around 12 metres however without SCUBA diver training they would have the ability to kill by causing devastating lung injuries if an untrained person bailed out at this depth. Even at half of this depth, lung damage could easily occur. They look impressive but fail at every level.

Presumably, if the positive pressure air system in the BOB fails the user drowns.

He should have went to sharks tank!

BOB is an out-and-out nerd. He needs a salesman.

Should've gone on Shark Tank.

There's nothing in the tank. Nothing to see. It's like swimming in a pool. Famously, a much maligned and unpopular past time.

His company received a compulsory strike off. Presumably because no accounts were ever filed in its 10 year history. It just seems like a carousel of role changs on Companies House.

Why is this guy still focused on his tank? Just sell the product and skip the tank idea

Robo shark loool. Whats his next idea? Strap laser beams to its head?

It's really awesome idea

These things are cool.

forget the subs, i want a robotic shark.

He should pitch this on Shark Tank.