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I can understand the concerns of the technology might be abused in DoD but I should point out that it is much better to see this result on Science Robotics, TRO, ICRA, and IROS etc. Military is behind many technology innovations but this doesn't mean all technologies should be used for military purpose only.

The work done is by:

http://zju-fast.com/

Disclaimer: Roboticist, have worked with fast-lab on World Robotics Sailing Championship

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> I can understand the concerns of the technology might be abused in DoD

Technology getting abused by the DoD is "fine". Technology that has very few applications outside the DoD is less fine.

Agree, aerial vehicles are slightly better than maritime vehicles in this sense. I left maritime robotics because I couldn’t find any decent paying job that is not defense related :( What we can do as a student team is to open-source it.

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