Friday, June 05, 2009

iRobot's Seaglider Breaks Record for Arctic Navigation

The Seaglider underwater robot apparently set a new record of six months of autonomous navigation under ice in the Arctic, where it is taking measurements for climate change studies.

Here's the YouTube video:


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2 comments:

Mike said...

This robot could be adapted by NASA as a probe to Europa, the ice covered moon of Jupiter. Also, it occurs to me that the Seaglider is a very capable autonomous vehicle that has many Earth-side applications. Great video.

thorn_stevens said...

Hey, Mike, love that idea. Seagliders on Europa! I can imagine it being engineered to survive for years...