Scarlet Knight Lost At Sea
By Chief Robot. Filed in Robot News, Science |
Rutgers University launched an AUV called RU17 on May 17 from Atlantic City and dubbed it Scarlet Knight for the transatlantic voyage.
On October 28, about 3,500 miles into the voyage, a leak was detected and the university has not heard from it since. The Scarlet Knight was to end up off the coast of Spain before winter.
When the leak was detected the AUV was near the Azores Islands, about 900 miles off the coast of Portugal. The university hopes to get the sub back and examine the cause of the leak.
Another run at a transatlantic voyage is scheduled for this upcoming spring.
Link to map of voyage here.
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