Liquid Robotics launches quartet on epic swim across Pacific
Saturday, November 26, 2011 - 13:30
in Mathematics & Economics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Four self propelling robots, called Wave Gliders,from the company Liquid Robotics were launched last week from San Francisco for a 33,000 nautical mile journey. The robots took off from the St. Francis Yacht Club. The robots will swim together to Hawaii and then will split into pairs. One pair will be off to Japan (Piccard Maru and Fontaine Maru). The other pair will be off to Australia (Benjamin and Papa Mau).