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World’s first global circumnavigation with autonomous robotic submarine launched

A robotic submarine is set to embark on a long journey to circumnavigate the globe. Called Redwing, the underwater robotic ...
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In A World First, Autonomous Underwater Robot Sets Off On Mission To Circumnavigate The Globe

A robot has just set off on its mission to complete the first-ever global circumnavigation with an autonomous underwater vehicle. The self-gliding sub launched on the morning of October 10 from the ...
Wired

World's First Circumnavigation By Solar Powered Ship A Success

At 2:12 PM local time today, the MS *Tûranor *entered Monaco's Hercule Harbor, becoming the first ship to travel around the world using only solar power. It's the same harbor where the *Tûranor *set ...
Fast Company

Solar-Powered Plane Finishes First Leg of Circumnavigation

A solar-powered plane just completed the first leg of a trip that will take it around the world—a 250-mile stint from Abu Dhabi to Oman that took about 12 hours. If completed, the Solar Impulse 2 ...

Waverley completes first circumnavigation of Great Britain in more than 40 years

The Waverley has arrived home on the Clyde after completing her first full circumnavigation of Great Britain in more than 40 ...
Couriermail

Aviator Michael Smith shares wild itinerary of historic effort to recreate historic 1924 circumnavigation of Australia

Australian adventurer Michael Smith has hit an important first milestone in his mammoth effort to recreate the first seaplane circumnavigation of the country a century ago. Michael Smith departed ...