The Wave Glider Ocean Plastics Demonstrator project has been selected for the 2022 Environmental Leadership Award by The Boeing Company. In the category Protection, Compliance & Stewardship, Liquid Robotics’ collaboration with Boeing, the Jupiter Research Foundation, and NOAA’s Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center was recognized...
Ten years ago today, Liquid Robotics embarked on a world record-breaking journey to cross the Pacific Ocean with a fleet of Wave Gliders. The wave powered unmanned surface vehicles traveled from San Francisco Bay to the Hawaiian Islands and then continued on their route to...
Demonstrating its ongoing commitment to support, lead, and foster research and innovation in the country, The Research Council (TRC) of Oman has established a Wave Glider Hub at Innovation Park Muscat (IPM) – the first-of-its-kind in Oman and elsewhere in the region. Designed to serve...
Guest post by Francois Galgani, IFREMER Because of its energy independence, its long-duration persistence and its cost-effective operation, the Wave Glider platform is able to collect and transmit data over distances of thousands of miles across wide geographic areas and specific areas of interest and...
Our recent announcement of the newest Wave Glider focused on the advancements to shoreside operations and in-water performance that enable customers to mobilize, deploy and operate fleets of vehicles more efficiently. Included in that announcement was the Rapid Stand and Crate System. Simply put, the...
An experienced Wave Glider pilot can help make the difference in a mission, providing the flexibility to make adjustments as interesting data or challenging conditions arise along the way, and ensuring a successful outcome. Ben Harmon, one of our most experienced Mission Support Specialists, shares...
When your Wave Gliders complete a mission, you have a choice: takeout (send a boat to pick them up) or delivery (have the Wave Gliders swim home to you). After their most recent mission, CSIR researchers at the Southern Ocean Carbon & Climate Observatory (SOCCO)...
Researchers from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have observed unusually high concentrations of carbon dioxide blowing out to sea from the Bay Area. MBARI has been measuring CO2 concentrations in Monterey Bay since 1993, but in 2017 they started looking more closely at...
The Philippine-California Advanced Research Institutes (PCARI) Project connects higher education institutions in the Philippines with top research universities in California, in an effort to collaborate on innovative research and build technological capacity in the Philippines. To date, over 5 billion Philippine pesos ($96M USD) has...
We’re always excited to see how researchers are using Wave Gliders in new and creative ways, exploring what’s possible when you use technology to move beyond the limitations of traditional methods, combined with rigorous scientific validations. Here are three recent examples that have us excited...
Operating missions across the unpredictable ocean is difficult at best. Many of you know first-hand the complexities, the dangers and the amount of planning required for a successful mission. Assessing the potential risks across all the planning considerations such as mission route and duration, sensor...
In the context of increased industrial activity in the Arctic, much attention is given to the potential effects on ecosystems considered sensitive by authorities and the community. Among these areas we find the Lofoten-Vesterålen islands on the Norwegian continental shelf, known for their highly productive...