ocean going robots

[getakey]

Happening in my back yard and never heard anything about it
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-5...g-robots-set-sail-on-guinness-record-attempt/

read all the way to the end - there's a challenge that might interest someone here

 

[Thudpucker]

I hope someday they can replace the Nasty Boardings by the Coasties with something like this drone.
Just think of the similarity of this Robot, and the UAV, for surveillance and 'footprint' marking of suspect vessels.