Saildrone....cool idea

[roguewave]

Quite an interesting idea, one that is not without nefarious intentions in the wrong hands.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/05/technology/no-sailors-needed-robot-sailboats-scour-the-oceans-for-data.html?_r=0

 

[O C Diver]

That's a play toy.
Autonomous ROVs will keep you awake at night. I did some deployment work for mapping shipwrecks with a Remus 100. Pretty cool stuff! The navy has some of them that the mission capabilities are classified on. Here is a link to one of the latest generation units.

Remus 6000

Ted

 

[denverd0n]

Do these drone sailboats obey the COLREGS? I kind of doubt it.