Underwater glider breaks world record

SeaExplorer can navigate at sea for months gathering subsea data that can be transmitted periodically via satellite back to a ground station Photo: Wiki/Yannlepage

Undersea robotics expert, ACSA, has concluded a record breaking mission with its SeaExplorer underwater glider in conjunction with the Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche (LOV) oat the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC).

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