Timeline
The Story Begins
The story begins with a kayak & a hydrophone: Joe Rizzi sets off to investigate how to record Humpback Whale songs
Data Buoy
Joe enlists the Hine family to help develop an “unmoored, station-keeping data buoy”
Recognizing Commercial Potential
Liquid Robotics is founded with Roger Hine as CEO
To The Ocean
From fish tank to the ocean, the 1st Wave Glider begins sea testing
Circling the Big Island
Wave Glider completes 1st nine day circumnavigation of Hawaii’s Big Island
Hawaii to San Diego
82 days and 2500 nautical miles later, 2 Wave Gliders finish journey from Hawaii to San Diego
Early customer adoption
Early customer adoption including U.S. oceanographic institutions, NOAA, and the U.S. Navy
BP & Deepwater Horizon
BP deploys Wave Gliders to monitor water quality for Deepwater Horizon
Wall Street Journal Award
Wall Street Journal names Liquid Robotics as one of the Most Innovative Technologies
Silicon Valley HQ
HQ is established in Sunnyvale, California the heart of Silicon Valley
First Arctic mission
NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory deploys Wave Gliders to collect water temperature data in the Beaufort Sea
Bill Vass, CEO
Bill Vass becomes CEO of Liquid Robotics
Across the Pacific Ocean
Launch of Pacific Crossing (PacX), unprecedented journey of ocean robots across the Pacific ocean
Liquid Robotics Oil & Gas
Liquid Robotics and Schlumberger, form Liquid Robotics Oil & Gas, a joint venture with Schlumberger
World Economic Forum award
World Economic Forum names Roger Hine and Liquid Robotics Technology Pioneers for 2013
Wave Glider vs. Hurricane Sandy
Wave Glider battles Hurricane Sandy while collecting and transmitting real time hurricane data
Across the Pacific ocean
1st PacX Wave Glider, Papa Mau, reaches Australia to become the 1st autonomous robot to cross the Pacific ocean
Wave Glider sets a Guinness Record
PacX Wave Glider, Benjamin, arrived in Australia and set the Guinness Record for longest journey by an autonomous, unmanned surface vehicle on the planet
Wave Glider SV3
The next generation Wave Glider SV3 is introduced
400,000 nautical miles at sea
Collectively Wave Gliders amass over 400,000 nautical miles at sea
Wave Gliders & Barbara Block
Wave Gliders help Dr. Barbara Block track Great White sharks off California coast
Gary Gysin, CEO
Gary Gysin announced as President & CEO
Cooperative Research with NOAA
Sign scientific Cooperative Research & Development Agreement (CRADA) with NOAA
Boeing partnership
Boeing and Liquid Robotics sign multiyear agreement to advance maritime defense solutions
Awarded Top 10 Most Innovative Company
Liquid Robotics named by Fast Company as one of the “The World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Robotics.”
Wave Glider vs. Super Typhoon Rammasun
Wave Glider in the South China Sea battles and sends real-time data during Super Typhoon Rammasun (Cat 5)
World Ocean Innovation Challenge
Liquid Robotics named winner of The Economists’ first World Ocean Innovation Challenge
1.1 MILLION NAUTICAL MILES AT SEA
Collectively Wave Gliders amass over 1,100,000 nautical miles at sea and collected 131M+ ocean measurements.
Wave Glider Swims 2,802 Nautical Miles
A Wave Glider swam 2,808 nautical miles (5200 km) to the Big Island of Hawaii after successfully completing a 4-month patrol mission of the Pitcairn Island Marine Sanctuary.
Liquid Robotics and HDS delivers Japan’s First Long-Term Ocean Observation Network
Fleet of Wave Gliders provide comprehensive and economical monitoring of Japan’s ocean conditions
UK’s National Oceanographic Centre (NOC) conducts successful Sea Surface Measurement in the North Sea
Wave Glider with GNSS measures sea surface height with an accuracy of about 1 cm
FlightRadar24 deploys first autonomous system with ADS-B for real time aircraft tracking
Wave Gliders fill the monitoring gaps across the harsh Nordic Seas
CEFAS conducts World’s first “on demand” autonomous marine water sampling
Enables scientists to collect more accurate samples, cheaper, safer and in real time
Liquid Robotics and Boeing detect live submarine during British Royal Navy’s Unmanned Warrior demonstration
Groundbreaking milestone in Autonomous Maritime Warfare Capabilities
Boeing Acquires Liquid Robotics
Liquid Robotics joins the Defense, Space & Security division of The Boeing Company to further strengthen the company’s autonomous systems portfolio.
Wave Glider Mission in High Sea States
Wave Gliders operate through 10 meter seas (Sea State 8) in Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s Icelandic mission
Wave Gliders Provide Real-Time Weather Data for Historic Hōkūleʻa Canoe Homecoming
Wave Gliders provided real-time weather, environmental and navigation data for the Hōkūleʻa and her sister canoes as they sailed into Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi after its three year, 40,000 nautical mile Mālama Honua voyage
Liquid Robotics Announces Next Generation Wave Glider
Next generation Wave Glider includes advancements to the platform’s operational range, performance for missions in high sea states and high latitudes, expanded sensor payloads, and increased energy and storage capacity
Japan Coast Guards Expands Ocean Observation Fleet
This growth (or expansion) is part of JCG’s multi-year, ocean monitoring program to provide enhanced, real-time situational awareness of ocean currents, wave activity, and weather along Japan’s coastlines
Collecting live volcano plume data
Two Wave Gliders deployed to capture live ocean data close to where lava flows into the ocean from Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano eruption.
Liquid Robotics Announces Newest Wave Glider
Featuring advancements to shoreside operations and in-water performance enabling customers to mobilize, deploy and operate fleets of vehicles more efficiently.
Winch Enables Sensor Deployment at Depths
The Winch 150P is released, enabling customers to deploy ocean sensors to varying depths; ideal for subsea acoustics, CTD and fluorometry casts, water sampling, and fish tracking.