Research Projects
MOST - Centro Nazionale per la Mobilità Sostenibile attraverso la collaborazione con 24 università, il CNR e 24 grandi imprese, ha la missione di incentivare e supportare lo sviluppo di soluzioni moderne, sostenibili e inclusive per l'intero territorio nazionale. Le aree e gli ambiti di cui si...
Distributed acoustic monitoring with passive sensors. The project addresses the development of a multi-robot system for the position tracking of noise sources in underwater environment. The robots composing the team collaborate in order to fuse the local information coming from the analysis of a...
Il settore della subacquea scientifica ed industriale è un settore dalle grandi e molteplici potenzialità che presenta però un significativo frazionamento sia sul piano industriale, con la presenza di piccole e medie imprese che necessiterebbero di una maggiore integrazione con realtà...
AUV for exploration and monitoring of seafloor and water column. The DEEP SEE PROBE project (Underwater drone for deep environmental exploration and monitoring) is aimed at creating an underwater system for exploring and monitoring water volumes and seabeds, providing valuable information for...
Next-generation UUV navigation using advanced sensors and AI for high-precision autonomy. SHARK è un progetto dedicato allo sviluppo di una nuova generazione di sistemi di navigazione di precisione e sensori inerziali per veicoli autonomi subacquei, in grado di garantire elevata accuratezza...
Electric UVMS for autonomous/ROV underwater manipulation across diverse environments. DEXTIMUS è un braccio robotico subacqueo completamente elettrico, capace di operare fino a 3.000 metri di profondità e di interagire con veicoli autonomi subacquei e a controllo remoto, per condurre operazioni...
Hybrid underwater network (wired/wireless) enabling secure multimodal cross-domain communications. The TARAS project focuses on the study and development of an underwater network infrastructure, taking into account cybersecurity requirements by design. The goal is to design and develop a hybrid...
Advanced modular launch & recovery system for AUVs, automated and safe in harsh seas. The SIMILARS project, PNS funded, proposes the development of Modular Launch and Recovery Solutions for MUS: to develop an advanced launch and recovery system for autonomous underwater vehicles that integrates...
Research Platforms
Ulisse ASV
The ULISSE catamaran, in-house designed, is a modular multi-purpose autonomous surface vehicle. In each hull of the catamaran, a compartment hosts the batteries, the control unit running a ROS2 middleware, and a wide range of sensors (GNSS receiver, gyroscope, accelerometer, compass) to collect ego-motion measurements. The catamaran is propelled by two Torqeedo Cruise 2R electric twin-thrusters.
BlueRov2
The BlueROV2, by BlueRobotics, is a compact size ROV, equipped with a 6-DOF IMU, dual 3-DOF magnetometers, a pressure sensor for depth estimation, a Doppler Velocity Logger (DVL) for velocity measurements, and a 3D sonar to enable SLAM capabilities. An acoustic transponder, part of an underwater positioning system, is also installed onboard to allow relative localization with respect to the surface vehicle.
X300 AUV
The X300 AUV, by Graal Tech, is a versatile, torpedo-shaped, engineered for advanced marine robotics research. Featuring an open control system and modular carbon-fiber construction, it enables researchers to integrate custom payloads and validate autonomous algorithms. Its 5/6-thruster configuration ensures high maneuverability without moving control surfaces, supporting AUV, glider, and profiler modes.
Past Projects
WiMUST (Widely scalable Mobile Underwater Sonar Technology) aims at conceiving and designing an intelligent team of cooperative autonomous marine robots, acting as intelligent sensing and communicating nodes of a reconfigurable moving acoustic network, that could drastically improve the efficacy...
DexROV brings together seven different organisations from all over Europe to challenge the possibilities for undersea operations. DexROV will use and evaluate new technologies to allow safer and more cost-effective undersea operations with Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs). The goals of the...
Autonomous, reliable, cost effective technology to map vast terrains, in terms of mineral and raw material by developing sea bed in situ material identification through the fusion of two technologies, namely laser-based insitu element-analyzing capability merged with underwater AUV (Autonomous...