Successful sea trial of new-type unmanned underwater vehicle developed by Westlake University to light up 'China Star' for first time

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"China Star" is gradually lit up about 1,000 km below the sea level, which is a miracle created by "Xigu II", anew-type unmanned underwater vehicle developed by thei⁴ - FSI Labof Westlake University.

Recently, the sea trial of "Xigu II" in South China Sea was conducted successfully. This achieves the world's first power generation of the small-scale Stirling generator in the deep-sea oxygen-free environment(1,100 m).

Fan Dixia, the general leader, said:"We hope that our new-type unmanned underwater vehicle can develop together with our manned underwater vehicle, to form the powerful marine country that occupies the highland in the field of technology."