VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Sep. 30, 2016) Cmdr. Luis Molina, deputy department head, Sea Warfare and Weapons Department at the Office of Naval Research (ONR), watches as a rigid-hull inflatable boat departs Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story during an ONR-sponsored swarmboat technology demonstration. During the demonstration four boats, using an ONR-sponsored system called CARACaS (Control Architecture for Robotic Agent Command Sensing), operated autonomously during various scenarios designed to identify, trail or track a target of interest.

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