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Autonomous Vehicles

The new workhorse of the sea nmanned vehicles are having a major im- emerging marine robotics sector has been opened at the Na- pact on how oceanographic research and in- tional Oceanography Center in Southampton, England. The dustrial work at sea is carried out and noth- UK’s Minister of State for Science and Universities, Jo John- ing demonstrates this more than the recent son MP, performed the of? cial opening of the Marine Robot- opening of a new cutting-edge research and ics Innovation Center (MRIC) in November 2015. The Center

Utechnology facility in the UK, the National will be a hub for businesses developing autonomous platforms

Oceanography Center’s Marine Robotics Innovation Center in with novel sensors that will be used to cost-effectively capture

Southampton, England. Tom Mulligan reports. data from the world’s oceans.

A new $5 million center to develop technology for the Autonomous measurement systems for the ocean have

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