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by Tom Mulligan

Autosub6000 being recovered from a mis- sion in Antarctic waters.

(Photo: NOC) grown out of demands for frontier science in extreme envi- ronments. These autonomous systems have the potential to transform research work across many sectors, for example, they will improve data collection for weather and climate prediction, for defense, and for the emerging needs of off- shore energy and other industries, as well as in environmental monitoring.

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