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Liquid Robotics' Gliders Swim Across the Pacific Ocean

erco

erco Posts: 20,256

2011-12-05 13:08 edited 2011-12-05 14:34 in Robotics

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/liquid-robotics-wave-gliders-begin-historic-swim-across-pacific

Nothing if not nifty.

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Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514

2011-12-05 13:13 edited 2011-12-05 13:13

Nifty, indeed! I just hope they don't get stuck in the mid-Pacific "garbage patch", a huge gyre that collects floating plastic debris.

-Phil
erco Posts: 20,256

2011-12-05 14:34 edited 2011-12-05 14:34

Or the Japan tsunami debris field, reportedly enroute to Hawaii.

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