Opening words by the representers of the organizing Institution University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing Dean Prof. Mislav Grgić, BTS General Chair Prof. Zoran Vukić and Programme Chair Assoc. Prof. Nikola Mišković.

The underwater environment is hazardous for humans due to the fact that they are dependent on technical equipment for life support, divers have limited navigation capabilities and communication with the surface, and the underwater environment... Read More

Marine robotics, automation and unmanned technology is quietly bursting throughout the seas, expanding to every field of operation. Though marine robotics has been around long before their aerial drones cousins, new and exciting technology is... Read More

The Aegean Sea has always played a significant role in the ancient maritime trade in terms of connecting the Mediterranean, the Marmara, and the Black Seas together. A large number of sheltered bays and natural... Read More

DexROV is a EC Horizon 2020 funded project addressing the development of under-sea robotic intervention capabilities, with a focus on (1) far distance teleoperation – involving communication latency to mitigate, and (2) dexterous manipulation capabilities... Read More

Agisoft PhotoScan and other off-the-shelf photogrammetry software became available for archaeologists in 2010; In 2017, after only 7 years, photogrammetry has become a one of the most frequently used recording methods for UCH (underwater cultural... Read More

Blueye underwater drones for the consumer and low end professional market. Website: www.blueyerobotics.com

The use of omnidirectional cameras on land and in air has become very popular for both research and entertainment. For the scientific community, omnidirectional cameras have high potential in tasks such as mapping, augmented reality,... Read More

The use of omnidirectional cameras on land and in air has become very popular for both research and entertainment. For the scientific community, omnidirectional cameras have high potential in tasks such as mapping, augmented reality,... Read More

Blueye underwater drones for the consumer and low end professional market. Website: www.blueyerobotics.com Demonstration is divided in three groups which will rotate every hour together with other demonstrations and tutorial hands-on: 15:30 – 16:30 Group... Read More

subCULTron aims for achieving long-term autonomy in a learning, self-regulating, self-sustaining underwater society/culture of robots in a high-impact application area: Venice, Italy. Our heterogeneous system consists of 3 different robot types: artificial mussels (aMussels) on... Read More

Learn how to pick a commercially viable startup idea, protect it and successfully launch a venture fundable startup. Most startups fail because founders make common and avoidable mistakes at the beginning. Scientific startup founders are... Read More

A large literature exists on the theory, process, practice and impact of innovation. Valuable insights were also presented in the seven lectures at Breaking the Surface 2016. This lecture will distill the previous work with... Read More

The talk will focus on opportunities and challenges for research and innovation in underwater robotics outside the realm of publicly funded projects. It will look at current research needs, promising application areas, existing and developing... Read More

The presentation will address key factors to consider when seeking to commercialise new technologies developed in the university setting. It will also discuss possible approaches in reaching the market and engaging partners that can help... Read More

Financing is extremely important for innovation and growth, in particular at the seed and early stages of business development. But innovative early stage SMEs face several barriers for accessing finance because of their inherent riskiness... Read More

This lecture will discuss entrepreneurship – taking innovative and bold ideas to solve real-world problems when odds are stacked up against you. However, ideas are almost least important – running a successful business is a... Read More

HEBI Robotics is a spin-off from Carnegie Mellon University that builds intelligent and connected building blocks for creating robotic solutions for many different types of applications. This presentation will highlight parts of our journey from... Read More

A critical component of object manipulation in the world, both on land and underwater, is the grasp. Uncertainty about an object’s shape, pose and dynamics, as well as uncertainty about your robot’s kinematics and dynamics... Read More

Academic spin off company is essential to bridge the gap between project outcome and industry application. However, running a brilliant start up is totally different story than to drive a successful research project. The talk... Read More

This lecture presents the stories of three spin-off companies born at the University of Calabria and operating in the area of underwater technologies. The focus will be on the opportunities, main issues and practical problem... Read More

In order to explain the researchers’ and especially female researchers´ engagement in entrepreneurial and transfer activities, institutional and organizational contexts of research organizations have to be taken into account. Investigating such settings, studies focusing on... Read More

Underwater technologies: The road ahead Oceans and seas are the source of the life on Earth. They are critical for regulating climate and the survival of humanity. It is therefore paradoxical that we know more... Read More

Autonomous localization and environment mapping are considered key capabilities to achieve truly autonomous robotic systems. Localization is the process of estimating the robot’s global position and orientation, while mapping consists on building an accurate internal... Read More

How do we get the museum guest to feel the thrill of discovering an invaluable archaeological artefact? How can we make people feel the magic of the Big Blue? How can we test a hundred... Read More

Academia and industry continue to advance the state of technology in sensors, sensor processing, precision navigation, communications, automatic target recognition (ATR), autonomy, energy, and electronics and to integrate them into in a growing family of... Read More

Until recently, we considered Adriatic Sea as a „boring place” with low diversity of cetaceans and sea turtles. However, two decades of dedicated research effort gave us quite a different perspective – eight Cetacean species... Read More

The Great Maya Aquifer Research Project is undoubtedly one of the most important initiatives in the Yucatan peninsula, due to its impact on the generation of information for the preservation of the cultural, historical and... Read More

This tutorial is an introduction to general-purpose computing on graphics processing units (GPGPU) using Nvidia’s CUDA platform. GPGPU is used by a wide range of modern software to drastically increase performance by exploiting the parallel... Read More

A new calibration process for underwater cameras is presented that is very easy and convenient to use while yielding very accurate results. It is based on the novel pinax model that allows in-air calibration of... Read More

This tutorial is an introduction to general-purpose computing on graphics processing units (GPGPU) using Nvidia’s CUDA platform. GPGPU is used by a wide range of modern software to drastically increase performance by exploiting the parallel... Read More

A new calibration process for underwater cameras is presented that is very easy and convenient to use while yielding very accurate results. It is based on the novel pinax model that allows in-air calibration of... Read More

The goal of the demo is showing the motion capabilities of the DexROV manipulator. Demonstration is divided in three groups which will rotate every hour together with other tutorial hands-on sessions: 15:30 – 16:30 Group... Read More

The goal of FOCE (Free Ocean CO2 Enrichment) technology is to provide precise control of pH within in situ experimental chambers with minimal effect on other environmental conditions, to support experiments evaluating the consequences of... Read More

The seafloor deeper than 500 m covers most of the earth’s surface and harbors substantial biodiversity, evolutionary novelty and mineral resources. Evaluation of deep-sea biodiversity as well as human impacts from mining, oil drilling and... Read More

As the focus on using autonomous systems for mine-hunting operations in nations increases, there is a strong requirement from NATO to understand how combinations of heterogeneous systems of vehicles, sensors and on-board capability will impact... Read More

The Croatian coastal region is a part of Maritime Dinaric Alps which coincides with the Adriatic Carbonate Platform (AdCP). Some of the coastal karst depressions developed into larger lakes. Due to the permeable nature of... Read More

Within the research line of Maritime History, the CINAV created HistArC: a Research Program about Maritime History and Archaeology of the Conflicts, that aims the study Maritime study of the XX century, on its Military,... Read More

Inspection of underwater natural or artificial structures is one application of high interest to be performed by AUVs. Underwater environments provide challenging scenarios, mainly due to technological difficulties related to exploration (i.e., lack of reliable localization and communication, autonomy limitations), but... Read More

NORBIT SUBSEA designs and develops wideband multibeam sonars for hydrographic applications, forward-looking applications, as well as advanced subsea leakage detection. Our solutions are based on the latest in analog and digital signal processing and our... Read More

Joystick-based teleoperation of a simulated ROV and control of the DexROV’s arms resorting to real-time, set-based, task-priority inverse kinematics algorithms.

Joystick-based teleoperation of a simulated ROV and control of the DexROV’s arms resorting to real-time, set-based, task-priority inverse kinematics algorithms. Tutorial hands-on is divided in three groups which will rotate every hour together with other... Read More

NORBIT SUBSEA designs and develops wideband multibeam sonars for hydrographic applications, forward-looking applications, as well as advanced subsea leakage detection. Our solutions are based on the latest in analog and digital signal processing and our... Read More

The proposed demonstration will include a setup similar to the one used in DexROV to supervise ROV operations from an onshore location, and will stress the concerns that one shall expect when relying on satellite... Read More

The discharge of subterranean groundwater serves as a geochemical conduit from freshwater aquifers to coastal waters. In arid regions, such as the Dalmatian coast, input via submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) frequently exceeds riverine inputs creating... Read More

Development in marine robotics over recent decades has generally focussed on the technical challenges. Many of these core challenges are solved, at a price. We can certainly continue to work on better/cheaper solutions, but this... Read More

When dealing with navigation/control of (semi-) autonomous robotic vehicles in obstacle filled dynamic environments, Fuzzy Logic offers a reliable and viable alternative to conventional controller design and analytic techniques, as it is capable of handling... Read More

Earthquakes are ruptures in the Earth’s brittle upper layer, and represent one of the major geological hazards on Earth. Both the ground movement (displacement, shaking). Associated processes that they trigger (e.g., landslides, floodings), can cause... Read More

Evologics is a high-tech enterprise founded in 2000 to develop innovative key technologies for maritime and offshore industries It developed many underwater communication and navigation systems which are currently the most advanced products on the... Read More

Blueprint Subsea manufacture a range of sonar, navigation and positioning systems including: Oculus dual frequency multibeam imaging sonars suitable for a wide range of platforms, StarFish sidescan sonars offering fully featured professional capabilities in a... Read More

The tutorial will introduce the POP ART (POrtable Pelagic Autonomous Robotic Technology) concept based on a modular Unmanned Marine Vehicle that can be reconfigured at field as ROV, USSV and USV. The first phase of... Read More

Blueprint Subsea manufacture a range of sonar, navigation and positioning systems including: Oculus dual frequency multibeam imaging sonars suitable for a wide range of platforms, StarFish sidescan sonars offering fully featured professional capabilities in a... Read More

The tutorial will introduce the POP ART (POrtable Pelagic Autonomous Robotic Technology) concept based on a modular Unmanned Marine Vehicle that can be reconfigured at field as ROV, USSV and USV. The first phase of... Read More

Evologics is a high-tech enterprise founded in 2000 to develop innovative key technologies for maritime and offshore industries It developed many underwater communication and navigation systems which are currently the most advanced products on the... Read More