NOAA and partners deploy mini ocean robots to collect hurricane data
03 September 2025
The 4-foot-long robots aim to deliver low-cost data for research and forecasting.
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Credit: Oshen
NOAA, in partnership with The University of Southern Mississippi and with the robotics company Oshen, launched five small uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) called C-Stars in the waters off the U.S. Virgin Islands on August 31st to collect critical data to better understand hurricane development and activity. The deployment is the latest effort by NOAA to advance data collection to improve hurricane research and forecasting.
Two additional C-Stars are being stored in Gulfport, Mississippi, ready for launch ahead of actively developing storms in the Gulf this fall.
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