The advance of technology has enabled the development of unmanned systems/vehicles
used in the air, on the ground or on/in the water. The application range for these systems is …

The creation of a Marine Internet of Things platform, including the Underwater Internet of
Things, is needed to ensure the interaction and digital navigation of heterogeneous marine …

Real-time, dynamic, and visual monitoring of underwater scenes would become an
important research topic with the development of underwater wireless optical …

Monitoring of aquatic ecosystems has been historically accomplished by intensive
campaigns of direct measurements (by probes and other boat instruments) and indirect …

Abstract The United Nations (UN)'s call for a decade of “ecosystem restoration” was
prompted by the need to address the extensive impact of anthropogenic activities on natural …

This research presents a hybrid approach for path planning of autonomous underwater
vehicles (AUVs). During path planning, static obstacles affect the desired path and path …

Recent advances in robotic design, autonomy and sensor integration create solutions for the
exploration of deep-sea environments, transferable to the oceans of icy moons. Marine …

Human activity depends on the oceans for food, transportation, leisure, and many more
purposes. Oceans cover 70% of the Earth's surface, but most of them are unknown to …

Submarine inspections and surveys require underwater vehicles to operate in deep waters
efficiently, safely and reliably. Autonomous Underwater Vehicles employing advanced …

The Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, supports a key European fishery. Stock
assessments for this species are mostly based on trawling and UnderWater TeleVision …