Search and Rescue Robots

Autonomous marine mapping, current situation and future possibilities

Frank Mallon, Director, Marine and Archaeology, Shamal Technologies

May 8, 17:45 - 18:15

B18 Fellowship Hall

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Marine Robotics Aerial Robotics Autonomous Vehicle Navigation Mapping Search and Rescue Robots

Abstract In the last decade marine robotics and autonomous research has started to grow in the Red Sea, led by KAUST researchers, marine startup companies and now with the various new Giga Projects. In the early days this work often had a heavy human component for the launch, recovery and control. New emerging technologies for remotely telemetry are helping to solve this, as are combined autonomous survey solutions. Using multiple autonomous systems, on the sea surface, underwater and airborne in a single survey campaign is proving to be extremely efficient with significantly more data being