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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 ...

The only thing separating the University of British Columbia Sailbot team and a world record is about 3,000 kilometres of Atlantic Ocean. Students sending Sailbot across Atlantic for record-breaking ...

A self-sailing boat from British Columbia has encountered a mechanical failure in the Atlantic Ocean, and there is nothing her team can do about it. Ada, a five-metre autonomous boat from 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ada the robotic sailboat was lost, but now is found and heading back home to the University of B.C. Ada is a 5.5-metre keel sailboat — or Sailbot — designed to cross the Atlantic Ocean without any ...

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 ...