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Nick Serle, 15, part of the Daytona Beach Homeschoolers team, launches their autonomous surface vehicle, named the S.S. Minnow, during the 2015 AUVSI Foundation and Office of Naval Research-sponsored RoboBoat competition held in Virginia Beach, Va.

RoboBoat

Nick Serle, 15, part of the Daytona Beach Homeschoolers team, launches their autonomous surface vehicle, named the S.S. Minnow, during the 2015 AUVSI Foundation and Office of Naval Research-sponsored RoboBoat competition held in Virginia Beach, Va.

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