Sentences with phrase «like underwater gliders»

Combining the classic but usually disparate physics of airplane wings and golf balls, the surprising reversal might serve to make a new type of mechanical switch that would flip off or on depending on how fast fluid flows past it or perhaps to stabilize machines like underwater gliders.

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The Slocum Electric Glider, a small underwater ocean drone made by Teledyne Marine, looks like a friendly missile and collects data for scientists at institutions like Rutgers University.

Autonomous underwater vehicles like this glider setting off on a mission are already in use for NEPAN.