What does Liquid Robotics make?

Liquid Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Wave Glider (Liquid Robotics builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).

Is Liquid Robotics publicly traded?

Liquid Robotics is not independently listed on public markets; it is part of Boeing (December 2016 on the DEPLOY registry.

Who competes with Liquid Robotics?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Liquid Robotics building in the same form factors include Saildrone, Saronic Technologies, BAE Systems, Kongsberg Maritime.

Who is the CEO of Liquid Robotics?

Roger Hine is the founder of Liquid Robotics, per the DEPLOY registry.

How can I invest in Liquid Robotics?

Liquid Robotics has no separately traded stock; it is owned by Boeing (December 2016 (the parent is the entity that trades, where it is public).

Where is Liquid Robotics headquartered?

Liquid Robotics is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA.

Who owns Liquid Robotics?

Liquid Robotics is owned by Boeing (December 2016, per the DEPLOY registry.

Where does Liquid Robotics operate robots?

Liquid Robotics is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

Is Liquid Robotics a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Liquid Robotics ranks in roughly the top 78% of companies tracked by the registry.

When was Liquid Robotics founded?

Liquid Robotics was founded in 2007.

Is Liquid Robotics safe?

Liquid Robotics has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Company

Liquid Robotics

Liquid Robotics developed the Wave Glider, an autonomous surface vehicle (USV) powered by wave and solar energy for ocean monitoring and maritime surveillance.

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Founded: 2007
HQ: Sunnyvale, California, USA
Status: Boeing subsidiary (acquired Dec 2016; active)

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Key facts

Product

Wave Glider — autonomous surface vehicle (USV) powered by wave and solar energy

Status

Active Boeing subsidiary (not divested); 2025 India/Sagar Defence co-production.

Boeing subsidiary since

2016

Applications

Ocean data and maritime domain awareness

CEO

Shane Goodenough

Founder

Roger Hine

Parent company

Boeing (acquired 2016)

Acquisition

Acquired by Boeing (December 2016)

Latest model

Wave Glider SV5 (released May 2025) — increased payload capacity

Financial stage

Acquired — Boeing subsidiary

Data & sources

Press releases

Web sources

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Models (1)

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Current platform

Wave Glider

The Wave Glider is a wave- and solar-powered persistent autonomous surface vehicle made by Liquid Robotics, a wholly-owned Boeing subsidiary, recorded in the maritime form factor with the entity scoped to the Wave Glider product and Liquid Robotics as the maker. It converts wave motion into forward thrust through a submerged sub-float tethered to a surface float and uses solar power for its payloads, giving it theoretically indefinite endurance for ocean data collection, maritime domain awareness, and scientific work across defense, commercial, and science customers. The registry confirms its active state: Liquid Robotics remains a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, acquired on December 6, 2016 and relocated to Herndon, Virginia in 2022, and is neither divested nor wound down, correcting an earlier possibly-divested hypothesis, while the Wave Glider remains an active product with a 2025 Boeing and Liquid Robotics memorandum of understanding with India's Sagar Defence Engineering to co-produce Wave Gliders and a Pune manufacturing facility inaugurated in December 2025. Its editorial throughline is the persistent-presence-via-energy-harvesting archetype, the second example in the cohort alongside the Ocius Bluebottle, with both wind, wave, and solar indefinite-endurance vessels, the Wave Glider carrying the deeper Pacific operational history and Ocius the newer Royal Australian Navy program entry. Specific current customer rosters and fleet counts are not enumerated given limited Boeing-subsidiary disclosure, the India co-production is a memorandum and a facility rather than a delivered-units figure, and any aggregator-quoted deployment totals should be treated as company-sourced.

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Current leadership (1)

Roger Hine Founderreported, not verified

Founders (1)

Roger Hinecofounderno longer at company

Safety record

No incidents on record for Liquid Robotics.

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Recent coverage

Liquid Robotics in third-party press

Wave Glider SV5 — Uncrewed Surface Vehicle Now Available

May 20, 2025

Boeing to Acquire Liquid Robotics to Enhance Autonomous Seabed-to-Space Information Services

Dec 9, 2016

Boeing to Acquire Liquid Robotics to Enhance Autonomous Seabed-to-Space Information Services

Dec 1, 2016

Peer companies

Supplied by (1)

Sensors

Teledyne Technologiesvia Wave GliderTeledyne acoustic instruments -- ADCP ocean current profiler and multi-beam sonar payloadssupplies

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Financial state

Reporting basis: aggregator_estimate
Lifecycle stage: acquired
Counterparty risk class: moderate

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Recent activity

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Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
Liquid Robotics Wave Glider
Record createdJun 3, 2026
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Sources (3)

Common questions

What is Liquid Robotics?: Liquid Robotics developed the Wave Glider, an autonomous surface vehicle (USV) powered by wave and solar energy for ocean monitoring and maritime surveillance. Acquired by Boeing in 2016.
What does Liquid Robotics make?: Liquid Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Wave Glider (Liquid Robotics builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
Is Liquid Robotics publicly traded?: Liquid Robotics is not independently listed on public markets; it is part of Boeing (December 2016 on the DEPLOY registry.
Who competes with Liquid Robotics?: On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Liquid Robotics building in the same form factors include Saildrone, Saronic Technologies, BAE Systems, Kongsberg Maritime.
Who is the CEO of Liquid Robotics?: Roger Hine is the founder of Liquid Robotics, per the DEPLOY registry.
How can I invest in Liquid Robotics?: Liquid Robotics has no separately traded stock; it is owned by Boeing (December 2016 (the parent is the entity that trades, where it is public).
Where is Liquid Robotics headquartered?: Liquid Robotics is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA.
Who owns Liquid Robotics?: Liquid Robotics is owned by Boeing (December 2016, per the DEPLOY registry.
Where does Liquid Robotics operate robots?: Liquid Robotics is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
Is Liquid Robotics a top robotics company?: On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Liquid Robotics ranks in roughly the top 78% of companies tracked by the registry.
When was Liquid Robotics founded?: Liquid Robotics was founded in 2007.
Is Liquid Robotics safe?: Liquid Robotics has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-18

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Last reviewed 2026-07-18

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Wave Glider

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Supplied by (1)

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Recent activity

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In the press

Wave Glider SV5 — Uncrewed Surface Vehicle Now Available

Boeing to Acquire Liquid Robotics to Enhance Autonomous Seabed-to-Space Information Services

Boeing to Acquire Liquid Robotics to Enhance Autonomous Seabed-to-Space Information Services

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