PacX Wave Glider “Papa Mau” arrives in Australia, setting a new world record!

PacX Wave Glider “Papa Mau”, completed his 9,000 nautical mile (16,668 kilometers) scientific journey across the Pacific Ocean to set a new world record for the longest distance traveled by an autonomous vehicle. Throughout his journey, Papa Mau navigated along a prescribed route under autonomous control collecting and transmitting unprecedented amounts of high-resolution ocean data never before available over these vast distances or timeframes.

During Papa Mau’s journey, he weathered gale force storms, fended off sharks, spent more than 365 days at sea, skirted around the Great Barrier Reef, and finally battled and surfed the East Australian Current (EAC) to reach his final destination in Hervey Bay near Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia.

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“UVS Pty Ltd has a history of ocean engineering excellence which dates back to the early 1980s. 

In Australia, UVS Pty Ltd is the exclusive representative for many of the world’s leading marine technology  manufacturers.

UVS Pty Ltd capabilities are extremely comprehensive, we specialise in sales, support and custom engineering to service our clients in offshore oil & gas exploration and production, Naval defence, oceanography, hydrographic survey, under water communications, geophysical exploration, autonomous and remotely operated vehicles and many other complex marine  applications.

UVS Pty Ltd has always been at the forefront of introducing new and innovative technologies to the region and the Liquid Robotics Wave Glider is a perfect example of this philosophy.

We have been instrumental in developing new markets for this technology and are currently supporting advanced Wave Glider operations with the Royal Australian Navy.

UVS Pty Ltd was on-hand to recover the record breaking “Papa Mau” Wave Glider, to conclude the successful trans Pacific voyage from San Francisco to the East Coast of Australia”.