[stavros]

> I can understand the concerns of the technology might be abused in DoD

Technology getting abused by the DoD is "fine". Technology that has very few applications outside the DoD is less fine.

[tsaoyu]

Agree, aerial vehicles are slightly better than maritime vehicles in this sense. I left maritime robotics because I couldn’t find any decent paying job that is not defense related :( What we can do as a student team is to open-source it.