RU-27, dubbed ''Scarlet Knight'' after the

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athletic teams, is an experimental American

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– a modified Slocum Autonomous Underwater Gliding Vehicle – operated by

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oceanographers. In December 2009, ''Scarlet Knight'' was the first robot to cross the

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underwater, which took it 221 days.

References

External links

Project website

Trailer for upcoming documentary about RU-27

''Scarlet Knight'' Now Displayed at Smithsonian
After Historic Trans-Atlantic Crossing Underwater gliders {{submarine-stub