MIT’s autonomous drone is equal parts albatross and sailboat

„The oceans remain vastly under-monitored,“ said Gabriel Bousquet, an MIT postdoc who led the design of a unique robot as part of his graduate thesis. „In particular, it’s very important to understand the Southern Ocean and how it is interacting with climate change. But it’s very hard to get there.

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