Update on RealSense-equipped robot 'roboat' autonomous boats

Hi everyone,

A story was shared in June 2019 about 'roboats', autonomous boats that use a combination of lidar cameras on their top and RealSense cameras on their bottom skirts (for detecting tags on the docks and other roboats for position estimation and identification).

https://forums.intel.com/s/question/0D50P00004MCjWOSA1/roboat-robotic-boats-and-their-use-of-realsense 

A further update on the progress of Roboat technology has now been published.

https://venturebeat.com/2019/08/29/mit-roboats-autonomously-form-bridges-across-bodies-of-water/