Autonomous underwater robots can provide valuable information for predicting ocean currents and weather patterns during hurricanes and other harsh conditions. The problem is that these same conditions make it hard for these vehicles to last very long. With a grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Yale researchers aim to develop algorithms for underwater robots that can predict and endure worst-case scenarios while deployed in ocean waters. Ultimately, these more robust autonomous syst...| RUCOOL | Rutgers Center for Ocean Observing Leadership
In an historic leap for marine technology and global ocean monitoring, a first-of-its-kind autonomous underwater glider has been launched on a mission to circumnavigate the globe – a 73,000 kilometre voyage that promises to transform our understanding of the world’s ocean. Called the Sentinel Mission, the five year expedition is the collaborative brainchild of Teledyne Marine and scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. At the heart of the mission is Redwing – the most advanced c...| RUCOOL | Rutgers Center for Ocean Observing Leadership
A robot has just set off on its mission to complete the first-ever global circumnavigation with an autonomous underwater vehicle. The self-gliding sub launched on the morning of October 10 from the docks of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, where it will go on to ride the Gulf Stream across the Atlantic Ocean. Its journey will echo the route taken by the Magellan Expedition between 1519 and 1522, the first known circumnavigation of the Earth, which headed from Spain, ...| RUCOOL | Rutgers Center for Ocean Observing Leadership
n underwater vehicle named Redwing will be launched in a Teledyne Marine-Rutgers project to collect data for ocean science and weather forecasting Guided by the rhythms of the sea and the promise of discovery, Teledyne Marine and Rutgers University will set Redwing, an autonomous underwater vehicle, on its journey on Friday, Oct. 10, leading to its launch into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. “We live on an ocean planet,” said Oscar Schofield, ...| RUCOOL | Rutgers Center for Ocean Observing Leadership