MIT researchers are training Greek military personnel and industry professionals to build and operate marine robots for defense and rescue operations. Twenty-nine participants from Greece’s army, navy, air force, coast guard, and private companies completed the four-week MIT Triton Summer School at the Hellenic Naval Academy in Piraeus. Professor Michael Triantafyllou said the unmanned vessels could reach shipwrecks in bad weather, monitor undersea cables, and deter hostile actions. A robotics laboratory is planned at the academy. [Nikos Halkiopoulos/InTime News]