Oceangoing Robot Comes Ashore In Australia, Completing A 9,000-Mile Autonomous Pacific Crossing

After a year at sea, Liquid Robotics' Wave Glider has set the record for the longest distance traveled by an autonomous robot. In November of last year, Liquid Robotics dropped four of its brand new Wave Glider robots in the water just off the coast of San Francisco with hopes of making history and learning a thing or two in the offing. Two of the robots would set a course for Japan and the other two for Australia, each destination roughly 9,000 nautical miles away. It was to be the longest jour...