Norwegian Autonomous Surface Vessel Successfully Crosses Atlantic

Huh.
From New Atlas:

 

After trying as well as failing final year, Norway's Offshore Sensing has right away succeeded inwards sailing an unmanned vessel across the Atlantic. The Sailbuoy Met was deployed from Newfoundland past times the Marine Institute on June 7, 2018 as well as reached the coast of Republic of Ireland on August 26, a distance of 3,000 km (1,685 miles).

Last year, the company's Sailbuoy Wave traveled some 4,500 km (about 2,800 miles) over two months earlier existence picked upward past times a angling boat roughly one-half means across the North Atlantic. Examination of the arts and crafts when it was returned to abode base of operations showed that a lay out screw had caused a brusque circuit inwards the autopilot system, preventing it from completing its mission. But, if at starting fourth dimension yous don't succeed...

The Sailbuoy has been designed every bit an offshore sensor platform that tin give notice last instructed where to larn via satellite, amongst real-time tracking as well as information collection undertaken using the same Iridium satellite system. Applications include H2O character surveys, crude tumble detection, moving ridge touchstone as well as collection of meteorological as well as oceanographic data. It uses the air current to canvas along, amongst the solar panels upward exceed used to ability onboard electronics via a battery pack....MORE