Meet the wave glider, an autonomous surface vehicle @MBARIvideo

MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) | Meet the wave glider, an autonomous surface vehicle @MBARIvideo | Uploaded January 2024 | Updated October 2024, 14 hours ago.
Gliding through this Thursday like one of our favorite surface vehicles. 🌊⛵️⁠
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Meet the wave glider, an autonomous surface vehicle built by Liquid Robotics, purchased and outfitted with sensors and communications gear by MBARI engineering.⁠
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The Wave Glider has a surfboard-like float at the surface and a sub with spring loaded paddles that uses wave energy for motion. It has solar panels on the float for supplying power to the computers, science instruments and communications gear. It has GPS for precise location measurement and weather station along with a collection of antennas for communications. The glider is capable of automatically avoiding ships.

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