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05.17.08

DepthX: Mission 1 Accomplished

Bill Stone's revolutionary autonomous robot completes its first field test in a Mexican cave system

By Megan Miller Posted 03.01.2007 at 3:00 am 0 Comments

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See below for a video from the test, and click here for a photo gallery.

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