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Catabot: Autonomous Surface Vehicle with an Optimized Design for Environmental Monitoring
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- PAR ID:
- 10224436
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Ocean
- ISSN:
- 0197-7385
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEECONF38699.2020.9389391
