{"id":2705,"date":"2020-01-26T14:45:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-26T13:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/?page_id=2705"},"modified":"2025-11-10T12:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T11:36:09","slug":"maritime-robotics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/research\/maritime-robotics\/","title":{"rendered":"Maritime Robotics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-559885 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-691804 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-349631\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-751537 kc-animate-speed-3s kc_shortcode kc_video_play kc_video_wrapper\" data-video=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1h11stfXWjM\" data-width=\"600\" data-height=\"338.98305084746\" data-fullwidth=\"yes\" data-autoplay=\"yes\" data-loop=\"yes\" data-control=\"yes\" data-related=\"\" data-showinfo=\"yes\" data-kc-video-mute=\"yes\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-630587\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-904531 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>Our research line on unmanned maritime systems is focused on exploiting the capabilities of our seaworthy autonomous RHIB (Rubber Hull Inflatable Boat) for security operations:<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-249885\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-46071 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-851080 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-854327 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-784564 kc_col-sm-4 kc_column kc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-189332\" style=\"height: 55px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-469252 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MarSur-RHIB.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-392879 kc_col-sm-8 kc_column kc_col-sm-8\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-749336 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h5 class=\"kc_title\">Heterogeneous collaboration between multiple autonomous and semi-autonomous unmanned maritime systems<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-474620 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>Operations at sea are getting more and more automated, in order to reduce the strain on and risks for human personnel. As a result, unmanned maritime systems are getting deployed more and more for operations like mine counter measures, <a href=\"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/projects\/marsur\/\">maritime surveillance<\/a>, inland waterway navigation and <a href=\"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/projects\/ssave\/\">dredging<\/a>. RMA focuses on the research questions that arise when deploying heterogeneous swarms of these systems:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to ensure the interoperability between the heterogeneous assets?<\/li>\n<li>How to build up a common operational picture between the different assets?<\/li>\n<li>What are the optimal strategies for collaboration between the assets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-616023 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-878324 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-796791\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-385286 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-949963 kc_col-sm-4 kc_column kc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-353771\" style=\"height: 55px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-593224 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/data-lake-2-adobe.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-862869 kc_col-sm-8 kc_column kc_col-sm-8\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-595496 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h5 class=\"kc_title\">Rapid sea floor characterisation using a data-lake approach<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-903787 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>In order to assess the probability for the presence of sea mines, a deep knowledge of the sea floor is required. As this is an operation should be performed for enormous geographical areas, efficient sensing methods and data aggregation methods are required. We investigate methodologies for rapid seafloor characterisation which are combined with a data lake approach for ensuring long-term data maintainability.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-778162 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-692033 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-914239\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4493,"parent":275,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2705","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2705"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5380,"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2705\/revisions\/5380"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecatron.rma.ac.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}