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Unmanned surface vehicle
Vehicle that operates on the surface of the water without a crew / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Autonomous ship" redirects here. Not to be confused with autonomous underwater vehicle.
"Autonomous surface vehicle" redirects here. Not to be confused with unmanned ground vehicle.
An unmanned surface vehicle, unmanned surface vessel or uncrewed surface vessel (USV),[2][3] colloquially called a drone boat, drone ship[4] or sea drone, is a boat or ship that operates on the surface of the water without a crew.[5] USVs operate with various levels of autonomy, from remote control[6] to fully autonomous surface vehicles (ASV).[7]
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