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Denmark tests unmanned robotic sailboat fleet
- schultzer 1y agoGreat to see this, Denmark would do well having an autonomous regiment in the Navy, Airforce and Army.
- pugworthy 1y agoI've often eyed the Saildrone craft (which they are using) when heading out to the Alameda ferry dock area. Pretty cool looking devices. https://www.saildrone.com/ https://www.saildrone.com/
- jorts 1y agoSame here. It's cool to see them being towed out of the bay to go who knows where.
- ahazred8ta 1y agoIn 2016 the autonomous Solar Voyager tried to cross the Atlantic. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/solar-voyager-hmcs-st-johns-boat-adrift-canada-nova-scotia-navy-1.3657603 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/solar-voyager-hmc...
- terravion 1y agoCongrats to Saildrone! I am surprised that the article did not discuss the dramatic force structure re-evaluation that needs to be going in light of the Ukrainian non-navy dominating the Black Sea, instead of the framing of Russian incursions in the Baltic Saildrone type assets seem well poised to be a part of that small, distributed, networked type of sea control.
- ivape 1y agoThere might be a space for remote boating with very small toy boats that are incredibly durable.
- CamperBob2 1y agoEspecially now that Starlink supposedly can be used on boats.
- FajitaNachos 1y agoThat's f*king pretty cool was my first, and lasting, reaction.