Teleoperated boat of N. Tesla
In 1898 Nikola Tesla publicly demonstrated a radio-controlled (teleoperated) boat, similar to a modern Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV).[1] Tesla’s remote-controlled craft. [2] 1 Based on his patents U.S. Patent 613,809 [3]2, U.S. Patent 723,188 [4]2 and U.S. Patent 725,605 [5]2 for “teleautomation”, Tesla hoped to develop the wireless torpedo into a weapon system for the…