Nessie rules the waves...
By Tim Ferguson, 20 July 2009 14:23
Meet Nessie, Edinburgh Heriot-Watt University's autonomous underwater robot.
Nessie recently won the Student Autonomous Underwater Challenge - Europe (SAUC-E), organised by the Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), scooping a £3,000 prize in the process.
The competition saw seven teams put their robots through a range of underwater tasks over the course of two days, with their performance scored by a panel of judges.
Photo credit: DSTL
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