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University of British Columbia students sent the self-navigating robotic sailboat on a journey from St. John's, N.L. to Ireland in 2016. The vessel didn't reach its destination, but it did set a ...

A group of ambitious students and recent graduates from the University of British Columbia have taken over a small corner at the Royal Newfoundland Yacht Club in Conception Bay South to work on their ...

After a year lost at sea, damaged and long out of contact with its creators, the sailbot, christened Ada, has been rescued from the Atlantic Ocean. The autonomous vessel, built by students at the ...

Sailing across the Atlantic Ocean by wind power alone is an impressive achievement by any standard. But contending with the unpredictable weather, busy freight traffic, meddlesome fishing nets and ...

After a self-sailing boat aiming to sail from Newfoundland to Ireland was damaged and began drifting helplessly off course, the boat's crew has located the vessel. The University of British Columbia ...

You can hear Ada the sailboat swoosh when you rock her back and forth. The water you hear inside the robotic sailboat is a souvenir, of sorts, that the vessel brought home after a journey through the ...

In a couple of months, students from 19 schools will race in Gloucester, Mass. But you won’t find anyone onboard their sailboats. In fact, you won’t even find anyone controlling these boats remotely ...

It lost its sail and has a few scratches, but a robotic sailboat has returned home in relatively good condition after being lost at sea. The self-navigating "sailbot" – a 5.5-metre solar-powered ...

NEWBURYPORT — Not all of the students wanted to take first place, but Newburyport High School beat out Virginia Tech by a little more than a point last week to win its second International Robotic ...

A team of engineering and computer science students at the University of B.C. hope the robotic sailboat they plan to launch off the coast of Newfoundland this summer will be the first to cross the ...