Communication and navigation on and above the surface of the ocean is mostly accomplished using electromagnetic waves. Once below the surface, electromagnetic waves do not get us very far, and... Read More

Ocean Observing Systems (OOSes) consist of many types of technology for measuring ocean parameters, generally divided between the “sensor” and the “platform” that supports it with some combination of power,... Read More

The recent decade has seen the rapid development of new technological solutions in the service of underwater archaeology, which scholars working on the coastline of the Southern Levant have been... Read More

Aquatic animals that rely on sound to communicate, find food and protect themselves are known to be sensitive and vulnerable to underwater radiated noise (URN) pollution. In this presentation, we... Read More

Recent advances in the field of neural networks enable translation between languages even in cases where no dictionary is available, such as ancient languages. The backbone of this capability is... Read More

dive-IT d.o.o. is a Croatian company dedicated to underwater robots and technologies, as well as professional services of underwater recording, measurements, inspections, extractions and search&rescue in sea, lakes and rivers.... Read More

Underwater localization is vitally important for underwater exploration and data gathering. However, since radio waves are severely attenuated by sea water, we have to operate in a GPS denied environment. In... Read More

Preparation info: Participants will need to bring laptops for the tutorial part and download all files beforehand from the following link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rJQi45CVDXcwbystKFwyFXbLKCzOawOj The files contain a recording example and two... Read More

The Eastern Mediterranean Sea suffers from multiple stressors, including an unprecedented increase in the number of non-indigenous species, one of the fastest rates of warming water temperatures, and fishing. I... Read More

There is an increasing concern on how anthropogenic underwater noise affects marine mammals. Marine mammals, and especially cetaceans (whales and dolphins) rely on sound for all the daily activities (finding... Read More

Schmidt Marine Technology Partners is a program of the Schmidt Family Foundation. We focus our work on 1) Funding the development of ocean technologies that solve complex ocean health issues,... Read More

Oceans are negatively affected by human activities that harm marine life, undermine coastal communities and impact human health, with marine pollution being one of the most significant issues facing oceans... Read More

The Black Sea Maritime Archaeological Project (BSMAP) was an ambitious exploration of sea level rise in the Black Sea by the University of Southampton’s Centre for Maritime Archaeology. Offshore explorations... Read More

Today’s oceans contain tens of millions tons of waste, with approximately 94% located on the seafloor. Existing collection efforts have focused mostly on surface waste, with only a few local... Read More

Preparation info: participants’ own laptop  

Preparation info: We’re looking forward to seeing you at the T7 SeaClear Project tutorial at the Breaking the Surface conference! To help things go smoothly, we’ve put together a Docker... Read More

Confined aquatic environments range from rivers and marinas to constrained industry basins such as nuclear storage ponds.These scenarios pose challenging yet promising tasks to be performed by underwater robotic systems... Read More

The ocean is vital to all living beings but still needs to be explored, leaving many questions unanswered. Fortunately, underwater robotics has greatly improved ocean exploration by accurately mapping the... Read More

The development and use of autonomous boats and ships is steadily progressing; autonomous boats are already commercially available, and there are many ongoing research projects on autonomous ferries and ships.... Read More

Xylem a global water solutions partner, offering Environmental Solutions and technologies to improve the health of natural waters and to better understand climate changes, by offering Instrumentation and systems to... Read More

Deep Trekker designs and manufactures rapid deployment, low logistics commercial ROVs with advanced survey capabilities that are ideal for a variety of industrial applications. Our open platform allows for easy... Read More

Underwater photogrammetry has become a key technique for studying and understanding the underwater world in many application fields, such as exploration and mapping, industry and metrology, archeology, biology, etc. Nevertheless,... Read More

A pinhole camera model forms a basis of in-the-air imaging and is characterized by a single focal point. In underwater imaging camera is enclosed and observes the underwater environment through... Read More

Preparation info: The participants can download a trial version of MetaShape and install Blender on any supported OS. Please find here a link to a first version of POSER repository:... Read More

In this tutorial, we will present advanced solutions from the MBZIRC 2023 competition, focusing on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for search and object manipulation at sea. Participants will gain insight... Read More

In the evolving landscape of autonomous maritime operations,the synergy between Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) represents a frontier of technological innovation and strategic advantage. The operation... Read More

In this tutorial, we will explore advanced solutions from the MBZIRC 2023 competition, specifically focusing on GNSS-denied navigation and the identification and tracking of a target vessel in a large... Read More

This tutorial dives into Nomagic Warsaw MIMotaurs’ solution for a drone and USV competition that demanded over-water navigation without visual cues. In this entirely radio-based system (operating within the 2.4GHz... Read More

Long-term data series have become increasingly relevant to address global changes largely triggered by anthropogenic activities. In cetacean research, continuous advances in technology have allowed to increase and improve data... Read More

This lecture presents the results from the first two years of the Horizon Europe Twinning project MONUSEN (Montenegrin Centre for Underwater Sensor Networks). The project involves collaborative research by the... Read More

Hull cleaning plays a crucial role in maintaining the integrity of the ship and reducing its environmental impact. Over time, biofouling accumulates on ship hulls and disrupts the ship’s hydrodynamics,... Read More

In this tutorial, we discuss the computer vision aspects of maritime robotics, spotlighting the MaCVi initiative—a collaborative effort originating from the success of the 1st Workshop on Maritime Computer Vision.... Read More

In this tutorial, we will work on the treatment of a series of interdisciplinary data from an archaeological submerged site, that was a pilot of the EU uBlueTec project (www.ubluetec.eu... Read More

Preparation info: Students should have their laptops with free software QGIS and free trial of Metashape (only valid one month). Can be downloaded the days of the conference.