The world’s first autonomous vehicle for the transport of aquatic life on land in a gaseous atmosphere, or terra firma, has passed an initial series of crucial tests and is poised to make history. The Terranaut swims safely in an aqueous vessel called the “cockpit,” steering the vehicle with its movements. A camera above the cockpit tracks the movement of the Terranaut within the vessel. The Terranaut’s location is then wirelessly transmitted to a remote processing station, where the data is converted into motion commands and transmitted back to the motion controller on the vehicle.