Imagine a vessel steady enough to execute accurate hydrographic surveys in Lake Huron, high tech enough to analyze the ocean’s fish populations and pollution levels and fast enough to chase off intruder vessels and protect Navy ships. Now imagine that vessel shaped like an insect and completely autonomous. Mix all that together and you get the WAM-V.
WAM-V stands for Wave Adaptive Modular Vessel. It’s the brainchild of Ugo Conti, the founder and Chief Technology Officer of Marine Advanced Robotics in Richmond, California. Once a researcher at UC Berkley and, subsequently, the
