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Echo Park Lake, LA, Nov 16, 2005
Boat autonomy tests at Echo Park Lake

GO! Heavy winds turn the boat around Back it goes on its way... Time to turn...
Watch the data from the shore Boat doing its run... Boat doing its run... Back after run 1
The great lake! Emergency repair time! Switch the boat off! Try Restart! Bin watches as computer restarts!
No luck yet. Time to access the hardware.. Open the boat... Birds watch from the other side... Ducks drop by...
Done...Back into water... Soaring towards the fountain... Holding heading... Soaring towards the fountain...
Reached intermediate way point..stop and relax.. Soaring towards the fountain... Lake side view Fountain top view
Boat launch station..just in case we need it! The lake at its best... Boat still soaring to its destination... Destination reached. Now turn to next grid point...
Almost there... Next turn.. And next... Before the next
Ouch..This happens without the shore model! and inacurate GPS way points! Out of the problem zone! Cruise along shore to the next point! Into the water for the next one...
Time out! Head back to shore... Almost there! There ends the automatic run...
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