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The so-called Scarlet Knight robot has this week completed a 225-day journey from the shores of New Jersey to the sandy beaches of Baiona in Spain -- fittingly the same port Christopher Columbus returned to after his first visit to the Americas -- aided only by a battery, ocean currents and its innate intelligence. Built by Rutgers University, the youthful robotic trailblazer performed a number of data gathering tasks as it went along, furnishing climate change researchers with more info on temperature levels, water salination and currents within the Atlantic Ocean (http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/20/solar-powered-swiss-boat-crosses-the-atlantic/). Now that it has been handed back to the US, the machine will be put up on display in the Smithsonian, so if you want a peek at the future of globetrotting (http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/11/microtransat-robot-sailing-takes-to-the-high-seas-this-fall/) that'll be the place to go.Rutgers' underwater roboglider crosses the Atlantic, claims to be on business trip (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/rutgers-underwater-roboglider-crosses-the-atlantic-claims-to-b/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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The so-called Scarlet Knight robot has this week completed a 225-day journey from the shores of New Jersey to the sandy beaches of Baiona in Spain -- fittingly the same port Christopher Columbus returned to after his first visit to the Americas -- aided only by a battery, ocean currents and its innate intelligence. Built by Rutgers University, the youthful robotic trailblazer performed a number of data gathering tasks as it went along, furnishing climate change researchers with more info on temperature levels, water salination and currents within the Atlantic Ocean (http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/20/solar-powered-swiss-boat-crosses-the-atlantic/). Now that it has been handed back to the US, the machine will be put up on display in the Smithsonian, so if you want a peek at the future of globetrotting (http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/11/microtransat-robot-sailing-takes-to-the-high-seas-this-fall/) that'll be the place to go.Rutgers' underwater roboglider crosses the Atlantic, claims to be on business trip (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/rutgers-underwater-roboglider-crosses-the-atlantic-claims-to-b/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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