This Robot Can Explore The Deep Seas For Half A Year At A Time

Boeing has created a unmanned undersea vehicle that doesn't need support from a surface ship.

Unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs) have been a staple of sea exploration for years now, yet they've always had a limitation: They've needed constant support from a human crew on a surface ship above, which adds to the vehicle's costs. These UUVs have also either been required to be tethered to the support ship on the surface, limiting the UUV's range, or to return to it to charge its batteries, limiting how long it can explore the ocean depths and also requiring the support ship to follow nearby. But those limitations are about to be a thing of the past, thanks to Boeing's new UUV called the Echo Voyager, Wired reports.

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