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Chinese team sets world record with swarm of 116 underwater drones

Vehicles were deployed in sequence and carried out formation navigation with no human intervention during the test in a swimming pool

The Star MalaysiaSouth China Morning Post2026-09-30 05:00查看原文 ↗

The trial involved a swarm of 116 autonomous underwater vehicles – called TH-618s. — SCMP

A Chinese team has set a world record for the most autonomous underwater drones operating at the same time, deploying more than a hundred of the small robots in a swimming pool test.

The Guinness World Record for “most autonomous underwater vehicles operating simultaneously” was set by a team from Northwestern Polytechnical University in collaboration with Xian Tianhe Maritime Technologies.

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