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ARIM

Autonomous Robotic Sea-Floor Infrastructure for Bentho-Pelagic Monitoring.

Description

Autonomous Robotic Sea-Floor Infrastructure for Bentho-Pelagic Monitoring

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Overview

Funding

€ 2,200,000

Duration

Jun 2018 - Mar 2022

Type of action

Joint Call

Lead countries

Norway

Project Abstract

The aim is to establish a science-based infrastructure for continuous online monitoring of the ocean interior including benthic, pelagic and the demersal habitats. Merging cable-based observation technologies, mobile robotic seafloor technologies and image processing and modelling methods into one operational autonomous product will renew monitoring and support the assessment of human impact in the marine environment. Compared to today’s ship-based systems, this new technology will drastically reduce monitoring costs associated to offshore and coastal industries.

ARIM is funded by the MarTERA partners Research Council of Norway (RCN), German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and Spanish Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) and co-funded by the European Union.

Consortium

Coordinator

Dr Henning Wehde, Institute of Marine Research, Norway

 

Consortium

Institute of Marine Research, Research institute, Norway

Metas AS, SME, Norway

GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Research institute, Germany

iSeaMC GmbH, Start-up, Germany

Kraken Robotik GmbH, SME, Germany

DEUSTO SISTEMAS S.A., Large scale enterprise, Spain