This talk presents progress on unified autonomy across diverse robot morphologies in the air, on land, and at sea. We detail the Unified Autonomy Stack, a universal approach for autonomous... Read More

The ocean is huge, deep and impenetrable to electromagnetic waves, at least beyond a few tens of metres. Sound is the primary means by which everything is sensed and communicated,... Read More

Maritime Archaeology, including both tangible and intangible maritime cultural heritage, creates a nexus where marine science and human stories meet. This lecture presents the findings of a multidisciplinary project, the... Read More

The BRIGANTINE project addresses the development of advanced tools and platforms for environmental monitoring of the Adriatic Sea. Within the project, the University of Zagreb Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and... Read More

Evaluating the course of a motorboat has applications in estimating shipping noise level, detecting vessels entering marine protected areas and monitoring the safe enterence of boats to ports and harbours.... Read More

The rapid transition towards Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) calls for new competences in maritime education. This demo presents the work of NHNEMIA and ISALOS, the student research teams of... Read More

The increasing use of underwater sensors and autonomous underwater platforms creates a growing need for reliable connectivity between submerged systems and terrestrial communication infrastructure. This demo presents ECHO-GATE, a configurable... 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

In the undergraduate education in engineering study programmes, the teaching of practical skills is of uttermost importance to qualify the students for their later professional activities. This includes praxis-oriented thinking,... Read More

Observing the ocean across its full three-dimensional extent requires the integration of multiple platforms, sensors and data-processing approaches. This lecture presents emerging technologies for mapping and monitoring marine environments from... Read More

Despite their role as deep-sea sentinels, the foraging ecology of beaked whales remain poorly documented globally. This presentation shares insights from a year-long passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) study along Australia’s... Read More

Imagine an autonomous underwater vehicle exploring the ocean’s depths. What’s the secret behind its incredible ability to know exactly where it is and navigate complex environments with such accuracy? The... Read More

This tutorial presents a practical, cost-effective workflow for detecting marine plastic pollution using a DJI Mini 3 drone and the DroneLink platform for autonomous surveys. Participants will learn how to... Read More

How do you design an information system that enables multiple countries to securely exchange and validate critical data while complying with different legal and operational requirements? This 30-minute introductory presentation... Read More

The NUMAR research group (Nautics and Maritime Robotics) of the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen – University of Applied Sciences (THM) focuses on the development of boats and maritime robots, as well... Read More

In recent years, research on submerged Neolithic sites along the eastern Adriatic coast has intensified. Due to the rise in sea level during the Holocene, as well as the subsequent... Read More

Over the last three decades, Intervention Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (I-AUVs) have evolved from an ambitious research vision into a promising technology for autonomous subsea operations. In this keynote, Prof. Pere... Read More

Field robotics seeks to tackle some of society’s most dull, dirty, and dangerous jobs, from offshore inspection and environmental monitoring to industrial operations and exploration in extreme environments. Autonomous robots... Read More

Rising temperatures are driving rapid and accelerating loss of land-based ice, a major contributor to global sea-level rise and regional ocean freshening. Intrusions of warm ocean water to the ice–ocean... Read More

Monitoring fish assemblages in coastal waters is essential for assessing biodiversity and ecosystem dynamics, particularly under increasing anthropogenic pressures and climate change. However, traditional approaches, including visual censuses and net... Read More

We develop innovative solutions for exploring and understanding the underwater environment using autonomous vehicles. Our team of specialists designs, builds, and tests high-quality products tailored to customer needs. We provide... Read More

Hydrocord makes low-cost underwater acoustic instruments — digital hydrophones, digital recorders, and software-defined pingers — along with a detection system that identifies fish, marine mammals, vessels, and blast events. We... Read More

MARBLE’s third pilot site is an underwater laboratory facility refered to as MARBLE Sea Lab. The pilot site aims to provide easy access to the sea, allowing remote experiments, data... Read More

Acoustic detection of vessels and submarines by small, low-cost devices arranged in an Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT) offers distributed sensing with easy deployment from moorings, vessels, or aircraft. Project... Read More

Acoustic detection of vessels or submarines by small low-cost devices arranged in an internet of underwater things (IoUT) offers distributed sensing with easy deployment from moorings, vessels or air. A... Read More

Distributed networks of small, low-cost devices, the Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT), offer a new way to monitor the marine environment. Deployed from moorings, vessels or aircraft, swarms of such... Read More

Detecting small underwater vehicles like diver propulsion vehicles (DPVs) is highly challenging because conventional methods perform poorly under low signal-to-noise ratio conditions. In this talk we will introduce our graph-based... Read More

This talk will describe ongoing work at Newcastle University to develop cost effective, low power, real time detection systems for the detection of thruster noise from surface and subsea vehicles... Read More

Underwater acoustic transceivers are ubiquitous in marine sensing and communication systems, and every transceiver that transmits or picks up a signal is, in effect, also converting acoustic energy into an... Read More

Source localization under water requires several ingredients: detectors, hydrophone array processing, multiple vantage points, and a capability to track the noise source over time. In addition, noise comes from unstructured... Read More

The MARBLE Smart Mussel Farm is a research and innovation pilot site that brings together aquaculture, marine robotics, IoT, environmental sensing, and digital technologies to advance sustainable shellfish farming. During this... Read More

Wireless remote control of underwater vehicles through ROS2, scuba diver voice and text communication, multihop acoustic image transmission and much more: this demo offers a journey across both the history... Read More

Acoustic detection of vessels or submarines by small low-cost devices arranged in an internet of underwater things (IoUT) offers distributed sensing with easy deployment from moorings, vessels or air. A... Read More

Understanding the marine environment requires sensing systems, robotic vehicles, communications and data-fusion capabilities to operate seamlessly as an integrated system. Achieving this is challenging in environments characterised by limited power,... Read More

This lecture will address current challenges and opportunities in the development, testing, deployment, and commercialisation of blue technologies and marine robotics solutions. It will provide an overview of the evolving... Read More

The offshore energy sector faces enormous challenges in maintaining and inspecting underwater infrastructure in hostile ocean environments. Autonomous marine robots offer a transformative solution, but achieving true autonomy in unstructured... Read More

The European Ocean Research and Education Alliance (EOREA) brings together leading European institutions to strengthen cooperation in ocean research, education and technological innovation. Within this framework, the Collaborative Research and... Read More

This tutorial presents a practical workflow for UAV multispectral mapping, from flight planning to habitat classification. Through a live demonstration, participants will learn how multispectral imagery is transformed into analysis... Read More

The Puffin is a compact, lightweight, and affordable autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) designed for real-time environmental monitoring. It weighs less than 4 kg, can be deployed by a single person,... Read More

SeaCras is a Croatian marine intelligence company that uses AI to analyze high-resolution satellite data to detect, monitor, and predict changes in marine health and pollution incidents. Their science-grade data... Read More

The ecological richness of Croatia’s maritime areas faces significant threats from man-made impacts such as pollution, overfishing, and climate change. Traditional methods of monitoring these critical blue carbon environments (BCEs)... Read More

Mepeco specializes in technology engineered for extreme environments, overcoming the harshest conditions from the polar regions to the most remote deserts. Whether it’s diving into the crushing depths of ocean... Read More