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Renewable energy on the high seas – science-informed and indigenous knowledge-based recommendations for regulatory and governance challenges

The high seas are those marine areas under no State's jurisdiction. So far, all marine renewable energy (RE) activity is being conducted under State's jurisdiction. However, recent advances in technology are raising the prospect of carrying out RE activity on the high seas. Currently, only seabed mining activities in the Area have been regulated. The Area is the seabed and ocean floor beyond the limits of State's jurisdiction. From the legal viewpoint, the main gap is a lack of an international regulatory framework, informed by participatory mechanisms and supported by scientific evidence, for RE activities on the high seas, especially regarding their environmental and social impacts. 
The primary project objective (O) is to provide the scientific community and policymakers with science-informed and indigenous knowledge-based recommendations in support of the development of  RE regulation on the high seas. 
Two specific Os are set to complement the primary O, namely:
O1 To advance the use of systematic consultation processes that facilitates research at the crossroads of marine sciences and law. 
O2 To advance critical knowledge and understanding of environmental pressing issues comparable to the regulation of RE on the high seas, such as deep-sea mining in the Area.
A multistep innovative methodology will be adopted, by integrating marine scientific knowledge, consultative processes, and advanced critical research in the subject matter. A case study (interdisciplinary and participatory) involving marine scientists, indigenous and coastal communities and policy makers will be conducted onboard the Research Vessel KronPrins Haakon at the beginning of the project. The case study outcomes will be analysed through critical legal analysis to build a knowledge base for policy recommendations. 
The project will advance the PI’s career in an international research environment, allowing her to generate independent, high-quality, and reproducible results.




Optimization of Free Space Optical Communication Link based Drones for Search and Rescue Operations in the Arctic Region

The Arctic region is witnessing more frequent shipping accidents than ever which require accurate search and rescue operations. The existing communication systems use drones with radio frequency (RF) technology, which has limited bandwidth and cannot offer 4G/5G connectivity due to harsh weather constraints. It further limits the capacity of drones and affects the resolution of images and videos. The current research proposes to design free space optical communication (FSOC) link-based drones that can enhance connectivity between multiple drones and rescue ships as well as the capacity of drones to produce high resolution images and videos. The proposed FSOC-based drones can provide highspeed connectivity than the existing RF technology. The research will collect atmospheric turbulences data from the Arctic region and use it for designing the FSOC link. Furthermore, to enhance the capacity of FSOC-based drones, the research will design advanced multiplexing schemes (Mode Division Multiplexing and Orthogonal Code Division Multiple Access) and to ensure link stability, omnidirectional receiver will be designed. The research will further evaluate the performance of proposed FSOC link under the impact of various atmospheric turbulences. The expected outcomes of this research will lead to the optimisation of FSOC-based drones in expanding search areas and improving communication systems for SAR operations in the Arctic region.

Evaluation of thermohydraulic characteristic of printed circuit heat exchangers in pseudocritical region for supercritical CO2 cycle

Currently, 28.2% of the total EU-28 greenhouse gas emissions come from the power sector, a large contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Consequently, the emphasis of the research in power generation has swung towards assessing highly efficient and greener power cycles. In this reference, the novel supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle (sCO2-BC) is an ideal choice that outstrips other formally well-known power cycles (Brayton & Rankine cycles). In sCO2-BC, the role of the pre-cooler is critical. It serves as a sink to the power cycle and regulates the conditions at the compressor's inlet. The compressor's inlet temperature is intended to be maintained close to the critical temperature of carbon dioxide (CO2) to achieve greater cycle efficiencies. However, exceptionally higher values of the specific heat capacity of CO2 near its critical point (up to 40 times higher than water) require exceedingly high water flow rates on the cold side to achieve the desired exit temperatures of CO2. Consequently, the pre-cooler's pumping power requirements become high enough to deteriorate the cycle's performance. This problem can only be mitigated by exploring new channel geometries with enhanced thermohydraulic characteristics. Therefore, the proposed study plan to characterize the complex thermohydraulic characteristics in the pseudocritical region of CO2 using a multifaceted technique that includes, experimental, numerical, and machine learning techniques. The proposed work will provide a step forward to the success of sCO2-BC technologies that, in turn, will facilitate its integration with the green energy resources (generation-IV nuclear reactors and solar concentrated plants), helping to meet the EU's 2030 climate and energy framework goals of achieving at least 32% share for renewable energy.

Bilberry Ecology and the Regeneration of forest Ecosystem Functioning

Human impacts such as clearcut harvesting have left forests bereft of the organisms that underpin their functioning. The decline of key plant species has reduced the capacity of forests to store carbon (C) and provide ecosystem services to the people of Europe. The regeneration of forest ecosystem functioning requires a deeper understanding of how the traits of its species can be linked to ecosystem processes. The BEREFT project aims to elucidate how the plant traits of bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus, modulate the dynamics of C and nitrogen (N) within the boreal forest. The project combines advances in chemical ecology with an innovative experimental design situated in Norway pairing experimental plots in formerly clearcut forest plantations with those from near-natural forests. I will collect a comprehensive set of bilberry's chemical traits and test both in-situ and in-vitro experiments to determine the underlying mechanism linking bilberry traits to C and N dynamics. The project goes beyond the state-of-the-art in applying novel methods from chemical ecology to measure bilberry's traits and uses a creative design to link those traits to ecosystem functioning. Through the scope of traits measured and the innovation in experimental design pairing clearcut forests with near-natural forests, this project will significantly advance our knowledge of the ecology of Europe's forest ecosystems. I will receive training in chemical ecology to advance my career as an expert in data generation and exchange with the host my knowledge on long-term ecological experimentation and ecosystem functioning. The project will disseminate deliverables in trait data packages, an open-source chemical ecology pipeline, and a robust measure of the effect size of bilberry's impact on C and N in the boreal forest. Knowledge of bilberry's role in the forest C cycle can be exploited by forestry managers in efforts to maximize C storage to meet the EU's goal of carbon neutrality.

EOSC Beyond: advancing innovation and collaboration for research

EOSC Beyond overall objective is to advance Open Science and innovation in research in the context of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) by providing new EOSC Core capabilities allowing scientific applications to find, compose and access multiple Open Science resources and offer them as integrated capabilities to researchers. To do so, EOSC Beyond supports a new concept of EOSC: a federated and integrated network of Nodes operated at different levels, national, regional, international and thematic, to serve the specific scientific missions of their stakeholders. Further specific objectives of the project are to accelerate ‘time to product’ of new scientific applications with software adapters, enable Open Science with machine composability and dynamic deployment of shared resources, support innovation in EOSC with a testing and integration environment, and align the EOSC Core architecture and specifications to integrate with European dataspaces. The project extends the state of the art of the EOSC Core and adopts a co-design methodology, including requirements elicitation, software development and validation in collaboration with different use cases from EOSC national and regional initiatives (e-Infra CZ, Czechia, NFDI, Germany, and NI4OS, South East Europe region), thematic research infrastructures from Social Sciences and Humanities (CESSDA), Life Sciences (CNB-CSIC and Instruct-ERIC), Environmental Science (ENES and LifeWatch), and Health and Food (METROFood-RI). EOSC Beyond builds on the capacities of prospective EOSC Nodes and partners with multi-annual experience in developing solutions for large-scale federated digital infrastructures and aligns with the technical architecture and requirements of data spaces from different business sectors. Ultimately, EOSC Beyond supports Open Science in modern, data-intensive, and multidisciplinary research, facilitating resource discovery, access, and reuse across scientific communities, organisations, and countries.


CULTUral heritage in RurAL remote areas for creative tourism and sustainabilITY

The main objective of the project is to contribute to the promotion of cultural and creative tourism activities, considering the different capacities, resources, and specificities (material, creative, human...) of the territories, as a mean to help with the sustainable development of peripheral rural areas, favoring job creation and population settlement. For this, the potential of its cultural heritage will be researched, taking into account both the artisan material culture (techniques, materials, patterns and decorative elements), as well as the intangible culture (music, oral knowledge and culinary traditions) as a resource.
 
To promote non-seasonal tourism as a form of sustainable development with a stable population settlement we are going to research the crafts linked to the territory and their implications, but we will also carry out a documentation of the productive processes. First and foremost, we are going to cater to the necessities of the local communities and pay attention to aspects related to societal groups at risk of exclusion, such as women, the elderly and the youth.

All this will be developed from a multidisciplinary perspective, for which we will count on the various teams —most of them linked to different countries— that will be part of the consortium. Each of these partners will contribute to the development, as well as to the final result of the project through input directly related to their area of ??expertise: for example, among the collaborators we have intellectual teams specialized in the digitalization of heritage, research, or communication and dissemination, as well as as various institutions that will act as a testing ground for the more practical parts of the proposal. However, if something will characterize our work, it will be the constant collaboration between all parties, as well as the exchange of advice and experiences that will help to enrich collective knowledge and guarantee optimal results.

AQUASERV – RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES FOR SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE, FISHERIES AND THE BLUE ECONOMY

The overarching objectives of AQUASERV are to bring together, enhance, integrate and customise RI capacities (including facilities, instruments and expertise) and through the provision of transnational access (on-site or remote) and/or virtual access, to significantly further scientific advance and promote and facilitate the implementation of European Common Fisheries Policy, the Farm to Fork Strategy, the Sustainable Blue Economy and the European Green Deal. 

AQUASERV will achieve these objectives by offering scientists from academia and business remote and on-site transnational (TA) and virtual (VA) access to an advanced set of European research infrastructures and its nodes related to research and management of marine and freshwater biological resources, food and biotechnology. These include the European Marine Biological Resource Centre ERIC (EMBRC), the Analysis and Experimentation on Ecosystems ERIC, The Aquaculture for Excellence for Aquaculture in Fish (Aquaexcel), and the Infrastructure for Promoting Metrology in Food and Nutrition (METROFOOD), as well as the International Council for Exploration of the Sea, both a service provider and stakeholder. It also includes the Research Infrastructure for Science and Innovation Policy Studies (RISIS) to bring contributions from the social sciences and to bring results nearer to policy makers ensuring societal impact. 

To enhance, integrate and customise RI capacities, collaboration between partners and new pipelines to meet the objectives of the project will be developed during the first 3 years and will make available  to users.  To ensure these capacities will not be lost, a sustainability work package involving stakeholders will address the project legacy.  

To maximize impact, AQUASERV will build a communication network among the partnership and develop a dissemination and outreach programme. Furthermore, an advanced training programme will be developed to capture future users and will be updated during the p

Harmonization of Advanced Materials Ecosystems serving strategic Innovation Markets to pave the way to a Digital Materials & Product Passport

The overarching objective of DigiPass is to enhance the digital maturity of the European communities that develop materials and intermediate products. The project will develop recommendations and clear routes toward digitalized circular business models. The overarching key result of DigiPass is to create a sustainable platform which includes support for Digital Materials & Product Passport and for collaborative innovation-by-design processes in a circular economy served by advanced materials. A business model for operating such a platform completes the overarching objective.
DigiPass is harmonizing and synergizing collected materials data sources and digital infrastructures. This will enable interoperability of data exchange, and standardization of advanced materials knowledge representation at all maturity levels. Accelerating the design, development, and production of advanced, safe, and sustainable chemicals and materials, as they are necessary for innovative products, calls for a collaborative approach involving different stakeholders to support durability, repair and overhaul, reuse, and recyclability of products. DigiPass project impacts all materials development communities over the whole circular value chain. 


Integrated Research Infrastructure Services for Climate Change risks

Adaptation to climate change requires in-depth understanding of climate change driven risks, including their determinants (hazards, exposure and vulnerabilities) and impacts to human, production and natural systems. Integrated Research Infrastructure Services for Climate Change Risks (IRISCC) is a consortium of diverse and complementary leading research infrastructures (RIs) covering disciplines from natural sciences to social sciences, across different domains and sectors. IRISCC provides scientific and knowledge services to foster cutting-edge research and evidence-based policymaking to improve Europe's resilience to climate change. IRISCC ensures a “one-stop-shop” for various user communities on climate change risk related RI services by setting up a dedicated Catalogue of services and related access management system both for granting transnational (onsite and remote) and offering virtual access. The Catalogue of services will be built through three consecutive releases, each delivering increasingly integrated services to its user communities. The IRISCC service integration will include Service Design Labs employing co-design and transdisciplinary action, and Service Demonstrators benchmarking the integrated cross-RI services. In addition to services aimed towards the scientific community, IRISCC will offer knowledge services aimed towards policymakers and other stakeholders. This is done together with risk management platforms. The research enabled by IRISCC contributes to future reports on climate change effects (IPCC, IPBES) as well as policy- and decision-making to meet the targets of climate adaptation strategies. IRISCC contributes to training a new generation of scientists to efficiently use RI services and for data stewardship. Data from IRISCC will be open and made available in compliance with FAIR principles and linked to European initiatives such as EOSC. Strong links will be created between IRISCC and current and future efforts under Horizon Europe.

Enhanced X(cross)-disciplinary Community-driven Imaging Technologies for Earth and Environmental material research

The EXCITE² Network is revolutionizing Earth and environmental material science research by consolidating a critical mass of 18 research facilities in 12 European and associated partner countries into a unified infrastructure and providing transnational access to advanced imaging technologies. This enables scientists to decipher complex processes within Earth materials at scales from nanometres to hundreds of centimetres, gaining unparalleled insight into the chemical and physical processes that govern, among others, environmental toxicity and its impact on human health, critical metal extraction for renewable energies, and the utilisation of Earth materials as long-term storage for climate-altering gases. The consortium fosters knowledge-sharing and talent attraction, bolstering the problem-solving capacity of the European Research Area. Moreover, EXCITE² is driving interdisciplinary collaboration and cross-fertilisation across academic institutions, scientific disciplines, and industry, propelling Europe towards a sustainable future. The initiative offers dedicated training programmes to a new generation of researchers within the European open science landscape, paired with access to world-class imaging facilities and expertise for problem-solving research and innovation. EXCITE² is introducing innovative service developments, such as artificial intelligence and leading-edge imaging experiments, to increase the user's problem-solving capacity. In addition, the consortium is implementing customised project valorisation strategies to maximize the impact of research outcomes in academia, society, and the economy. Citizen science projects allow the public to participate directly within the EXCITE² Network, contributing to solving EU challenges. As such, EXCITE² is paving the way towards a sustainable future, driving scientific excellence, and creating positive societal impact.

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Tang og tare har vært viktige marine ressurser for det norske samfunnet, for eksempel som mat for husdyr og gjødsel. Etter at Forskningsrådet etablerte en nasjonal kunnskapsplattform for tare for å støtte hele verdikjeden fra dyrking og høsting til prosessering, produktutvikling og produksjon, har det vært økende oppmerksomhet i samfunnet for tangressursene vi har langs vår lange kalde kystlinje. Høsting av stortare for alginatproduksjon er en veletablert industri i Norge, og de siste årene har også dyrking av tare markert seg som en tydelig aktør i akvakulturnæringen. I 2023 ble mer enn 700 tonn dyrket tare høstet i Norge, og bransjen har høye forventninger til vekst. For å bruke tare til mat eller fôrformål er det avgjørende med god kvalitetskontroll på råvaren. Her har Tareplattformen vært en betydelig bidragsyter med å utvikle analysemetoder for viktige kvalitetsparametere, inkludert jodinnhold og sukkeranalyser. Nye publikasjoner som beskriver jodreduksjon og variasjon i biomassen gjennom høstesesongen ventes publisert innen kort tid.  Utviklingen av effektive forbehandlingsmetoder er et sentralt fokus i plattformens arbeid. Dette er viktig for en industri som i utgangspunktet har en svært kort høstsesong. I løpet av 2023 har vi undersøkt syrekonservering og dens innvirkning på alginatkvalitet utvunnet fra tang, med kommende publikasjon. I tillegg har vi startet forskning på virkningene av syrekonservering på andre molekyler innenfor tangen og dens innflytelse på smak. Gjennom bioraffineringskonseptet er flere produkter identifisert for videre karakterisering. Den overordnede målsetningen bak denne bioraffineringsmetoden er å øke bransjens lønnsomhet ved å maksimere konverteringen av råvarer til verdifulle produkter. På det siste har vi jobbet med å ekstrahere cellulose fra tang, og det er for øyeblikket under evaluering for bruk i tekstilspinning, men vi ser også en rekke andre industrielle prosesser og bruksområder hvor marin cellulose har et potensiale for å erstatte dagens landbaserte cellulose. 

Tangbioraffineriplattformen har vært aktivt engasjert i å arrangere vitenskapelige konferanser i år. Den første konferansen, Seaweed Applications, ble holdt på Jægtvolden utenfor Trondheim fra 22. til 24. mars 2023 og trakk over 70 nasjonale og internasjonale deltakere. Den andre konferansen, arrangert i samarbeid med SeAgriculture EU den 21. til 22. juni 2023 i Trondheim, samlet rundt 200 nasjonale og internasjonale deltakere. Plattformen har også utvidet sitt nedslagsfelt utover vitenskapelige publikasjoner med blant annet et åpent dialogmøte med smaksprøver på Kulturhuset i Oslo den 24. oktober. I tillegg bidrar plattformen aktivt til konferanser, messer og Forskningsdagene, og har en betydelig tilstedeværelse i det akademiske miljøet, industrien og samfunnet generelt.

Seaweed represents an important marine biomass with the potential for being utilized as food, feed and other industrial and high value applications beneficial to the society. Norway has well established industry based on harvested seaweed, but so far limited seaweed aquaculture. Nevertheless, seaweed cultivation is expected to form the basis for future industry with a significant economic potential. Norway has unique opportunities to expand the seaweed aquaculture where several competitive advantages such as a long coast line, available areas for cultivation, and clean and cold water form prefect conditions for cultivation of large volumes of brown algae. Furthermore, Norway has broad knowledge in development of sea-based industries (oil, aquaculture, fisheries), and a strong research community focusing on marine innovations. The Norwegian Research council has via HAVBRUK2 called for a national researcher driven knowledge platform on processing and biorefining of seaweed biomass. Accordingly, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, SINTEF, The Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Nofima and Møreforsking have created a consortium for establishing The Norwegian Seaweed Biorefinery Platform. The consortium represents the national forefront of seaweed research along the entire value chain from cultivation, harvesting, processing and refining to end products. By establishing the envisioned platform, the partners aim at coordinating the efforts of research institutions and industry toward an increased and sustainable seaweed-based industry in Norway. A major output of the project is a basis for new industry-oriented projects targeting biorefinery, improved product pipelines and new market opportunities. Importantly, Norwegian companies currently utilizing or with an expressed interest in seaweeds have confirmed their association to the platform. The involvement of these stakeholders is considered vital for development of future seaweed biorefinery concepts.

The Norwegian Seaweed Biorefinery Platform (SBP-N)

Prosjektet starter på toppen av et tidligere finansiert prosjekt, kalt "Autonomous Underwater Fleets" og også finansiert av Norges Forskningsråd, som fokuserte på å forbedre autonome undervannsfarkosters (AUV) evne til å samarbeide med hverandre. Målet med "Autonomous Underwater Fleets"-prosjektet var å gjøre det mulig for samarbeidende fartøyer å utføre komplekse operasjoner, på en distribuert og autonom måte.
 
Dette prosjektet står overfor en av hovedutfordringene til forsvarssektoren, det vil si å minimere risikoen for menneskelige skader mens man utfører marine minemottiltaksoperasjoner (NMCM). Motivasjonen er at å utføre disse operasjonene autonomt kan redusere disse risikoene betydelig og øke effektiviteten også. Dette prosjektet vil dermed bidra til å gjøre NMCM autonomt ved å utnytte fordelene som flåter av heterogene fartøy kan gi til å utføre deteksjon, kartlegging, fangst og/eller detonering av miner.
 
Prosjektet vil dermed omhandle samarbeid i heterogene nettverk, og utvikle nye metoder som gjør det mulig for ulike typer AUV og autonome overflatefartøy (ASV) å samarbeide. Dette vil omfatte å ta hensyn til de unike egenskapene til hvert kjøretøy, og adressere de kompleksiserende faktorene ved oppgavefordeling og partisjonering, som innebærer å bestemme hvilket fartøy som gjør hva, og hvilket fartøy som går hvor på en distribuert, autonom måte. Ved å utvikle slike nye samarbeidsordninger og ved å utnytte de unike mulighetene som heterogene nettverk kan gi, forventes prosjektet dermed å gjøre NMCM-operasjoner sikrere, og mer effektive.
 
For å teste, validere og demonstrere potensialet til de utviklede algoritmene, vil prosjektet bruke de ulike fartøyene og demo-mulighetene som er tilgjengelige ved NTNU og FFI i Horten. Denne integrerte tilnærmingen, som kombinerer utvikling av teorier og algoritmer med praktiske demonstrasjoner, vil gjøre det mulig å utvikle og foredle metoder og algoritmer for å møte behovene til forsvarssektoren.

The ongoing 'Autonomous Underwater Fleets' project, funded by the Norwegian Research Council, has been dealing with the generic problem of improving the capabilities of homogeneous autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) in cooperating. More specifically, it has been focusing on making such cooperation schemes take into account dynamically how much the AUVs will be able to communicate while performing their mission.

This project will be here extended in two ways: a) the research results will be generalized to heterogeneous networks, i.e., consider heterogeneous networks composed by different types of AUVs and of autonomous surface vessels (ASVs) working together, plus b) focus on results that specifically address the needs of the defence sector. More precisely, the research will focus on the particular problem of executing naval mine counter measurement (NMCM) operations autonomously. Diminishing the risks of human injuries while performing NMCM tasks is a main challenge of the defence sector. This means that the research will revolve around two challenges: making NMCM autonomous (and thus autonomous detection, mapping, capture and/or detonation of mines), plus exploiting the benefits that may come from the heterogeneity in the capabilities of the vehicles in performing such detection, mapping, capture and/or detonation of mines. Importantly, such operations are envisioned to be performed by fleets of collaborating vehicles. This adds thus the complexifying factor of having to tasks allocation and partitioning problems (respectively, who does what and who goes where) in a distributed, autonomous fashion.

Closely integrated with the development of theories and algorithms we will also test, validate and demonstrate the potential of the devised cooperation algorithms in the Trondheim fjord using the various vessels and demoing capabilities available at NTNU, as well as at FFI in Horten.

Autonomous heterogeneous fleets for naval mine countermeasure operations

Autonome undervannsfartøyer (AUV) brukes i økende grad til undervannsoperasjoner, for eksempel for å utføre rørledningsinspeksjon, kartlegging, og overvåking av sjøtemperatur, saltholdighet og havstrømmer. På samme måte som det som skjer for selvkjørende biler, blir AUV-er mer og mer autonome og i stand til å ta beslutninger på egen hånd. Når det er utplassert flere AUV-er, er de imidlertid foreløpig ikke i stand til å dra nytte av hverandre, og de opererer i stedet som om de var alene.
 
Denne manglende evnen til å samarbeide er en ulempe: dersom AUV-ene i stedet kan samarbeide, vil dette gi synergier som gjør det mulig for AUV-ene å utføre mer komplekse og automatiserte marine operasjoner. For eksempel kan de utføre havinspeksjonsoppgaver på kortere tid, ved å re-planlegge rutene sine basert på hva de andre AUV-ene allerede har inspisert og funnet; eller de kan sammen oppnå resultater som en enkelt AUV ikke kan, for eksempel å transportere et rør.
 
Dette prosjektet tar sikte på å sette AUV-er i stand til å utføre oppgaver sammen og utføre samarbeidende marine undersøkelser og robotikkoperasjoner under vann. For å oppnå dette målet, vil vår vitenskapelige strategi være å studere og teste i noen praktiske scenarier hvordan vi kan gjøre AUV-ene i stand til å: 1) forstå hvilken informasjon de skal utveksle med andre AUV-er under operasjonen, 2) beregne den beste måten å fysisk utveksle disse dataene på gjennom kommunikasjon under vann, 3) utlede av informasjonen som kommer fra andre AUV-er hvordan hver enkelt AUV skal tilpasse sin egen oppførsel slik at den ikke lenger opptrer uavhengig, men i stedet handler for å hjelpe de andre AUV-ene å oppnå et felles mål.
 
De planlagte resultatene vil således transformere en mengde uavhengige AUV-er til flåter av samarbeidspartnere, og gjennom dette muliggjøre mer effektiv og pålitelig overvåking og utnyttelse av havressurser og infrastruktur. Dette vil bidra til å ytterligere fremme norsk kompetanse innen marin teknologi.

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are increasingly used for subsea operations like pipeline inspection, mapping and monitoring. Their level of autonomy is increasing, but they are still unable to perform cooperative tasks when deployed in a multitude. If collaborating, AUVs can perform automated marine operations such as accomplish sea inspection tasks in shorter time and with better results, plus achieve results that a single AUV may not, such as transporting a pipe.

Our research project will develop algorithms that transform sets of independently operating AUVs into fleets of collaborators exchanging information, deciding collectively, and operating synergically. To do so the project will generate foundational mathematical advancements about distributed control, distributed estimation & optimization, and adaptive acoustic communications algorithms. On top of this, we will merge the fields above into a holistic and comprehensive knowledge for enhancing the autonomy and functionality of teams of underwater vehicles.

These advancements will help Norway's marine technology companies maintain and even improve their world leading positions and enhance the possibilities of developing products for the inspection, monitoring and exploration of underwater structures, or for environmental applications such as monitoring of temperature, salinity, and ocean currents.

The project will be integrated in the Centre of Excellence on Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems at NTNU and will strengthen the cooperation in marine robotics and autonomy with Equinor, DNV GL, and the large group of national research and industry collaborators surrounding AMOS (such as the spin-off company Eelume and Kongsberg Maritime). Close collaborations will be also with the European project OASYS, developing micro underwater gliders for collecting oceanographic data.

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