Speaker: Achille Martin

Exploring the depths of the Ocean, only a quarter of which has been mapped, is challenging for humans, but also for robots and autonomous vehicles. Researchers at The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) take the critical challenges faced by humans on Earth; such as the rise of the average global temperature, the rise in sea levels, and the decrease of biodiversity across the planet, seriously, and they focus efforts on trying to understand the Ocean, its processes, and its impact on our lives. The NOC harnesses its Marine Autonomous Robotic Systems (MARS) fleet of uncrewed vehicles that can explore down to a depth of 6000 metres.

Achille Martin will explain the use of these very expensive autonomous vehicles and how the simulator he developed at NOC is used to de-risk various aspects of these autonomous vehicles.