Breaking the Surface 2009

1st International Interdisciplinary Field

Training of Marine Robotics and
Applications

An activity of the FP7 REGPOT-2008-1

“CURE” project
 MOTIVATION

• Multidisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity
• Trust, confidence and consensus
• Articulate goals for R&D
• Generate new paradigms
• Train skills

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 PROGRAMME

Three programme tracks:

MAROB _ Marine robotics

MARBIO _ Marine biology

MARCH _ Maritime archaeology

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 FORMAT

• 12 1h lectures for the interdisciplinary

auditorium
• Afternoon single discipline workshops
• 2 full days out at sea
• 2 localities representative of MARBIO & MARCH
scenarios
• Parallel tracks at different venues

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 LECTURERS

MAROB INDUSTRY
• CNR-ISSIA, IT • Hydroid, USA
• NURC, IT • Marino Brzac, private contractor
• UNIVPM, IT (oil & offshore), HR
• UdG, ES
• UL, IE CULTURE
• Prof. J. Faričić, UNIZD, HR: History of
MARBIO navigational and geographic charts
• UNIZG-PMF, HR and the toponimy of the Kornati
• IOF-ST, HR archipelago
• BAS-CLOGE, BL • Prof. Skračić, UNIZD, HR: Culture,
society and identity of the Kornati
• ICRAM, IT archipelago
MARCH
• Harpha-Sea, SI
• AT / UNIMA, MA

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 EQUIPMENT

IVER 2 AUV
3.5kts top speed, 100 m dive
floor, torpedo-hull,
rudder, elevator fins,
Imagenex SportScan side-
scan sonar, 5-beam YSI-
SonTek DVL, 5-beam YSI-
SonTek ADCP, 3-axial
gyros, compass, pinger,
inflatable tow-float

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 EQUIPMENT II

300F ROV
2kts top speed, 300m dive
floor, box-hull, 4 150W
thrusters, compass,
BlueView look-ahead
multi-beam sonar DF-
900/2250 (dual-
frequency, hi-res), Tritech
MicronNav USBL
positioning, LYYN image
enhancer

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 DIVERS
• CMAS R-2, R-3, PADI AOWD,
Divemaster (2 and 3-star)
• MARCH divers with full-face
masks
• Underwater videographers
• Personal USBL localization
• “Fisherman” speed-boats
• Open-stern diesel dive-boats
for equipment

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 PARTICIPANTS

Croatia (BIUS; Sunce NGO;

UNIZD)
Italy (CNR-ISSIA)
Germany (UniRostock)
Portugal (UniAzores;
FREESUBNET)
Norway (Int’l students)
Slovenia (Harpha-Sea)

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 TALLY

EXCELLENCE COMMENTS OF
• Locations SATISFACTION WITH
• Session chairing and “Was allowed to control ROV”
management of lectures “Could dive at an archaeological
• Meals site”
• Quality of presentation “Very experienced lecturers”

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