22 July 2010 -- NURC engineers recently developed a thin array 18mm in diameter which is capable of being towed by small AUVs and gliders. The slim BENS array, besides being able to reduce drag due to the small array diameter, was specifically designed for low power consumption which is critical for its integration with small vehicles that have limited power availability. Array power consumption was reduced to 0.7W, compared to the traditional NURC array which consumes 9.5W. The fully built array will be extensively tested at sea this summer.
22 July 2010 -- For video clips of the competition, see NATO Channel TV's coverage at http://www.natochannel.tv/default.aspx?aid=4229 on the Internet.
5 July 2010 -- The University of Girona, Spain, triumphed over 8 other teams to win the SAUC-E '10, the 5th Student Autonomous Underwater Challenge Europe. The team's AUV "Sparus" successfully completed a number of mission tasks, established by the event organisers including passing through an underwater gate and performing a "pipeline" inspection, all of which must be performed autonomously by the vehicle. The 2nd prize went to Heriot-Watt University from the UK with its AUV "Nessie V", while ENSIETA from France took home the 3rd prize. The other participating teams were from the University of Lübeck (Germany), University of Bremen (DFKI RIC Bremen, Germany), University of Cambridge (U.K.), University of Southampton (U.K.), University of West England (U.K.) and ESIEA (France). Read more
3 June 2010 -- The new short course initiative at NURC, CORALL, that builds upon the Centre's corporate knowledge, and capitalizes on the unique combination of human resources, experimental facilities and access to the sea, is scheduled to start with its first course in September. Course 2010-01 Marine Vehicle Autonomy will run 20-24 September. In general, courses are based on NURC's core competencies in underwater acoustics, sensors and signal processing, ocean prediction, remote sensing and adaptive sampling, autonomy and collective intelligence, communication engineering, and operations research.
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CORALL (Centre for Ocean Research & Advanced Learning in Liguria) courses start in September 2010
MREA10 (Maritime Rapid Environmental Assessment Conference), 18-22 October 2010
WSS 2010, 3-5 November 2010
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