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Ocean Robots Upgraded After Logging 300,000 Miles

Posted by Unknown on from the checking-out-the-weather dept.

kkleiner writes "Liquid Robotics first generation of wave gliders have successfully navigated from the U.S. to Australia, surviving numerous hurricanes. Now, the next generation of autonomous robots have been outfitted with thrusters that supplement the wave-energy harvesting technology that they use to move. They also are equipped with a weather station and sensors to collect even more data on the ocean. Currently, over 100 missions are in operation around the world."

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  1. Jupiterfoundation - spinoff research by sackbut · · Score: 4, Informative

    They also do some very interesting projects with the Waveriders and with cetacean (whale) research at the Jupiterfoundation.org. You can listen live to whale sounds coming from Hawaii http://www.jupiterfoundation.org/new_bw_liveaudio_hawaii.html. The Waveridrers were actually a spinoff from the original Jupiter Foundation.