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https://i0.wp.com/www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ctc-l-river-swim-15-e1758491103929.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/www.chicago

https://i0.wp.com/www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ctc-l-river-swim-15-e1758491103929.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/... In this image from the Chicago Tribune you can see two of the bots. one is orange, the other yellow. they should have been in a straight line since they were being used to guide the swimmers down the course. i was told they position via gps and their gps just didn't work downtown.

Boltgolt 1y ago
Also known as the "kiddy pool" that SpaceX slaps cameras and a starlink dish in on top of to record landings in the middle of the ocean
Rebelgecko 1y ago
GPS can be fiddly when you're in a pit or surrounded by lots of tall things that block RF or make the signals bounce around. Clearly the event needed a local GPS augmentation signal :)