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Liquid Robotics is a robotics company founded 2007, based in United States, developing 1 robot primarily in the Research category.
We make the Wave Glider, the most experienced ocean surface robot.
Liquid Robotics designs, manufactures, and sells the Wave Glider, a wave- and solar-powered unmanned surface vehicle (USV) used to collect real-time ocean data for up to a year without fuel. The company is based in the US and operates in marine robotics and ocean monitoring applications.
Company facts
- HQ
- Herndon, United States
- Founded
- 2007 · 19 yrs
- Website
- www.liquid-robotics.com
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Trusted by
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Milestones
Liquid Robotics was founded in Sunnyvale, California.
Press coverage
- Liquid Robotics
Wikipedia
In the news
1 event · last 90 days
10.4momentumInteger Technologies, Bedrock Ocean & Liquid Robotics Demo Autonomous Undersea Systems for US Navy
In the news
1 event · last 90 days
Why Liquid Robotics has been in the news, across 1 outlet — collected and classified independently, so a maker cannot add to it. It never changes a robot's RoboScore — the evidence half of the RoboIndex — and it can move a robot up a board by at most 15 points.
Active products by Liquid Robotics
1 shown| # | Category | Key specs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ![]() | Wave Glider | Research | Payload 215 kg | 2007 | 58.6 |
Research & Prototype buying guides
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