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Teledyne Awarded Navy Contract

By Chief Robot. Filed in Military, Water  |   

slocum-glider-2-300Teledyne Webb Research recently beat out iRobot and others to win a contract for its Slocum glider.

The contract is worth $52 million through the year 2014.

The Slocum glider is driven by variable buoyancy system and can autonomously operate for weeks at a time while collecting data.

Video after the break.

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