[Coleus]

Marine research technicians of the Rutgers Ocean Observation Lab prepare the launch of a robotic submarine off the coast of Sandy Hook in Monmouth County. The glider will travel the New Jersey coast from Sandy Hook to Cape May reporting on fish stocks, environmental conditions, tidal changes, and underwater hazards.

 

RU05 undergoes final preparations before its launch Thursday three miles southeast of Sandy Hook and will travel the New Jersey coastline for the next 30 days monitoring marine life and water quality.

Dr. Scott M. Glenn, professor at the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences leads a transatlantic unmanned underwater robot mission. If it is successful it will be the first mission of its kind. "You get very attached to these robots, " Glenn says.

[gaijin]

I wonder if some day we’ll have stealthy, inter-continental, UNDERWATER missiles...totally invulnerable to SDI countermeasures...?

[BallyBill]

Very Cool!

[umgud]

With drones above and these things below........

[Dysart]

This yellow submarine has a lot of potential uses, and yes, i’m thinking along the lines of military applications even as we live our life of ease.

[BIGLOOK]

Not a Bubblehead ping.....

Geez, why did they pick yellow?

[TChad]

Interesting. Lithium battery, 1 knot per hour, can run up to 300 days. No propeller, it uses a pump to make it rise and sink, and the wings translate that to forward motion.

[Elle Bee]

Didn't I recently read about Russian subs cruising off the east coast ?

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