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Kathleen Martin
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In late September, a new type of boat drone capable of traveling into the center of a hurricane emerged from an especially powerful storm with rarely-captured video of towering waves plowing through the Atlantic Ocean.
The Saildrone, designed to record video and data that help scientists better understand the storms, steered into the path of Hurricane Sam and shot footage of 50-foot waves rolling in and out of frame while wind and rain whipped by.
Now, after capturing a sight that few had ever seen, the company behind the ocean drone is expanding its reach.
Saildrone, Inc. is opening a new facility for its unmanned boats in St. Petersburg, Florida in order to map the ocean floor and track illegal fishing — all with the help of the robots. With more boats in the region, the company said it also hopes to send the drones into more storms during the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season.
Read more: https://www.masslive.com/news/2022/03/after-videoing-50-foot-hurricane-waves-ocean-drone-company-using-unmanned-boats-to-stop-illegal-fishing-map-ocean-floor.html
The Saildrone, designed to record video and data that help scientists better understand the storms, steered into the path of Hurricane Sam and shot footage of 50-foot waves rolling in and out of frame while wind and rain whipped by.
Now, after capturing a sight that few had ever seen, the company behind the ocean drone is expanding its reach.
Saildrone, Inc. is opening a new facility for its unmanned boats in St. Petersburg, Florida in order to map the ocean floor and track illegal fishing — all with the help of the robots. With more boats in the region, the company said it also hopes to send the drones into more storms during the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season.
Read more: https://www.masslive.com/news/2022/03/after-videoing-50-foot-hurricane-waves-ocean-drone-company-using-unmanned-boats-to-stop-illegal-fishing-map-ocean-floor.html
