Liquid Robotics · autonomous vessel
Wave Glider
A surfboard-sized float tethered to an underwater wing unit that turns wave motion into forward thrust, with solar panels for its electronics. It can follow a programmed route autonomously or be piloted remotely over satellite or cellular links.
- Price
- —No public price
- Autonomy
- SupervisedHow it runs
- Driverless
- In serviceSince 2009
- Fleet
- —See details below
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
Wave Glider Benjamin Franklin set a Guinness record for the longest journey by an unmanned autonomous surface vehicle, about 7,939 nautical miles from San Francisco to Australia, arriving 14 February 2013.
Real-world use
An 82-day Hawaii-San Diego trip in 2009 covered over 2,500 miles; fleet totals exceed 1.4 million nautical miles and 32,000 vehicle-days at sea.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2009-01
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Liquid RoboticsCompanyHow it drives
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- Driverless status
- Driverless in service
- Where it runs
- Pacific Ocean and worldwide deployments
- Driverless since
- 2009
- Fleet
- Not published
- Rides, miles or loads
- Over 1.4 million nautical miles at sea (Liquid Robotics, October 2017).
Public attention
How much public attention Wave Glider gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
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What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Other movement
- How it runs
- Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.
From the maker
Wave Glider is the only vehicle from Liquid Robotics (Boeing subsidiary since 2016) in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedNo public price
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Sources
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