Boaters warned to look out for missing robot

[underpants]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32702588/ns/us_news-weird_news/?GT1=43001

Scientists in Florida ask, where’s Waldo?
Boaters told to be on the lookout for marine lab’s missing underwater robot

SARASOTA, Fla. - Scientists on Florida's Gulf Coast are trying to find an underwater robot that has mysteriously vanished.

The robot from the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota has been missing since Monday.

The robot, which cost about $100,000, also was equipped with a detector to find red tide, a toxic algae bloom. The detector was valued at another $30,000.

Scientists aren't sure what happened to the robot, which is nicknamed Waldo. It could have had a leak or malfunction and sunk to the bottom. It also could be on the surface, but its communication system isn't working properly to signal its location.

[DavidDvorkin]

1. It's gone rogue!

Next will be reports of missing boaters.

[lib2DaBone]

2. Someone heard that Waldo had copper wiring inside...

... they kidnapped him and took him to the recycle yard....turned him in for cash...

:shrug:

[Warpy]

4. You might be close to the truth

I can easily see a bunch of drunks on a party boat snagging it and taking it with them to poke at it and see what it does.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Is Astroboy missing?