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Where's Waldo (the Submarine)?

Posted by timothy on from the keep-an-eye-out dept.

stoolpigeon writes "Scientists on Florida's Gulf Coast are trying to find an underwater robot that has mysteriously vanished. The robot from the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota has been missing since Monday. The robot, which cost about $100,000, was equipped with a detector to find red tide, a toxic algae bloom. The detector was valued at another $30,000. Scientists aren't sure what happened to the robot, which is nicknamed Waldo."

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  1. Re:Hrmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's all about the cane

  2. Re:Better links by Merls+the+Sneaky · · Score: 2, Insightful

    $500 only, it's worth 130 000 bucks and only $500 reward.

    Tight gits.

  3. What did they expect? by ShooterNeo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The submarine is self guided, with no tether, and runs on batteries. The sea is a very harsh environment...one has to expect to lose a few. $100,000 isn't really that much money, and I suspect that there recovery efforts will be fairly limited.

    1. Re:What did they expect? by ShooterNeo · · Score: 3, Insightful

      How much do you think it costs per day to send a ship out to look for the robot submarine?

  4. Re:Tether? by mibus · · Score: 3, Insightful

    2009 called. They want THEIR SUBMARINE back :)