RU-27
Introduction RU-27 in Baiona, Pontevedra. '''RU-27''', dubbed '''''Scarlet Knight''''' after the Rutgers Scarlet Knights athletic teams, is an experimental American autonomous underwater vehicle – a modified Slocum Autonomous Underwater Gliding Vehicle – operated by Rutgers University oceanographers. In December 2009, ''Scarlet Knight'' was the first robot to cross the Atlantic Ocean underwater, which took it 221 days.
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External links *  Project website*  Trailer for upcoming documentary about RU-27*  ''Scarlet Knight'' Now Displayed at Smithsonian After Historic Trans-Atlantic Crossing