The end-to-end ocean data solution provided by Liquid Robotics' new integrated platform provides ocean data collection and processing at the point of collection with real time delivery of critical information to shore.

ENGADGET: Wave Glider sea robot gets a new version, replete with more power and gear

Liquid Robotics, the US company behind the project, collected data about the Pacific Ocean's temperature, salinity and ecosystem from the drone.

BBC: PacX Wave Glide

"We don't know what interesting things are in the data, " says Ed Lu, chief of innovative applications at Liquid Robotics, the maker of the Wave Glider.

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