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Dañobeitia, Juan José

Mànuel, Antoni

Mànuel-Làzaro, Antoni

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Instrumentation ViewPoint. Autumn 200581.IntroductionThe CSIC decided in December 2000 toencourage marine science & technology takingadvantage of the existence service UGBO, withthe aim to reorganize and lead the marinetechnology within the CSIC with a vision ofassuring a more competitive service and toestablish new technological developments inmarine technology. Although limited manpowerresources were provided at short term, but toovercome this complicatedness, the CSICpromised an attempt during the next comingyears to open several structural positions, incompetition, to consolidate the UTM. The UTMsubscribes in 2002 a cooperative agreementwith the SARTI-UPC Group  to start up thischallenge. The added value of the UTM-SARTI is of high significance in the frame of the NationalMarine Science & Technology due to the stronginvolvement to support the NationalOceanographic Research Vessels and theAntarctic stations, affecting a scientificcommunity of thousands of researchers.Moreover, the UTM represents now in outcountry the natural link between research andtechnology in marine sciences.The area of research of the UTM-SARTI Groupis of the maximum interest for a country, withmore than 7500 km of coast, and two largearchipelagoes. The marine activities as coastalzones management, industry, natural resources,tourism and leisure, fisheries, defense, etc.,generate at the national economy level up to10% of the Gross National Product. There is astrong pressure on the ecosystems and habitatsof the coastal zones, by all means, and Spanishsociety is progressively demanding a sustainableuse of the coastal zone areas, as denote bygrowing attention of the National, Autonomic,and local administrations in a sustainablemanagement of them. To attempt measures tothis demand it is necessary a solid knowledgeon the process, and implementation of the propermarine technology, and it is where UTM-SARTIGroup can play a driving force providing supportto the different administrations, maritimeprofessions and other scientific, technical andeconomic bodies, establishing links betweensocietal demands and science and technologyas permanent basis and also for assessmentin case of accidental catastrophes, such as wedid for the sinking of the oil-tanker .Prestige in2003.2.Technical developmentsIn this first International workshop, the differentworking groups belonging to the UTM-CSICand SARTI-UPC Group together with PublicUniversity of Navarra, ICM-CSIC, IMEDEA-CSIC, as well as other invited groups will presentthe state of funded and/or future technologicalresearch projects in marine technology.Thevariety of research projects are broad andrange from specific measurements instrumentsto study ocean turbulence or marine seismicity,to design of AUV’s or software developmentdedicated to seafloor mapping, implementationsof a network system to control and managementof marine sensors, as far as the technicalspecifications requirements for the constructionof a new oceanographic vessel, RV Sarmientode Gamboa.Marine Technology in Spain: a Challenge to Achieve High QualityResearch in Marine SciencesJuanjo Dañobeitia (1), Antoni Mànuel (2)(1) Unidad de Tecnología Marina, CSIC, Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, 08003 Barcelona(Spain).+34932309584/83, jjdanobeitia@cmima.csic.es(2) Centre Tecnologic de Vilanova i La Geltrú, UPC, Rambla de L´Exposicio s/n, 08800 Vilanova ILa Geltrú (Spain).+34938967206, antoni.manuel@upc.eduFigure 1. Examples of technologicaldevelopments: sensors and electroniccomponentsInvited ConferencesInstrumentation ViewPoint.Autumn 2005The last decade has witnessed tremendousprogress in the development of marine and aerialtechnologies that can provide scientists withadvanced equipment and methods forautonomous exploration and exploitation differentearth environments. Recent advances in marineand aerial robotics, sensors, computers,communications, and information systems arebeing applied to develop sophisticatedtechnologies that will lead to safer, faster, andfar more efficient ways of exploring theenvironment frontier, especially in hazardousconditions. As part of this trend, there has beena surge of interest worldwide in the developmentof autonomous marine robots capable of roamingthe environment freely, collecting data at thesurface of the ocean and underwater at anunprecedented scale. Representative examplesinclude autonomous surface craft (ASC) andautonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). Themission scenarios envisioned call for the controlof single or multiple ASCs and AUVs acting incooperation to execute challenging tasks withoutclose supervision of human operators. Regardingaerial robotics Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs)present nowadays high degree of robustnessand reliability and are able of operate inchallenging and uncertain mission scenarios.Unlike fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters weredesigned to execute vertical flight maneuvers,including hovering, and vertical take-off andlanding (VTOL). Moreover, their ability to performagile maneuvers both at high and low speedsdoes not undermine the good flying qualitiesdisplayed in fast forward flight. The trade-off forsuch maneuverability is an inherent complexitythat translates into a highly nonlinear andunstable dynamical system with wide parametervariations over the vehicle's flight envelope. Inthis context, the development of mission andvehicle control systems constitutes both achallenge and a fundamental requirement forthe accomplishment of high performanceautonomous flight. Thus the need to push forwardthe development of methods for reliable vehicleand mission control of single and multipleautonomous robots.The present talk addresses the topics of marineand aerial vehicle control and mission controlfrom both a theoretical and a practical point ofview. The presentation is rooted in the practicaldevelopments and experiments carried out withthe Delfim ASC the Infante AUV, and theAutonomous Helicopter developed at ISR/IST.Mission and Vehicle Control of Marine and Aerial VehiclesCarlos SilvestreDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Institute for Systems and Robotics,IST, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1 1049-001 Lisbon. PortugalE-mail: cjs@isr.ist.utl.pt93.The futureToday the main challenge faced by marinescience and technology is to predict the futurefor the purposes of sustainable marinemanagement. The need is now for global 3Dand 4D datasets of the oceans to understandthe dynamics of the processes, hence asignificant strategic change in the way weconduct our science. The development of e-marine science, which requires the pooling oflarge resources, is a prerequisite to progressbeyond the current stage of marine researchand has a high European added value. Seatechnology is thus very fast developing andinnovative subject, with potential users inscience, industry, and coastal management.Especially the development of AutonomousUnderwater Vehicles (AUV) and RemotelyOperated Vehicles (ROV) provided verypowerful mobile underwater vehicles suitablefor carrying a multitude of payloads. Thisincludes multibeam techniques, subbottomprofilers, sidescan sonars, chemical sensors,sediment/rock and biological samplers, high-definition video imagery, and even underwaterelement analyzers. The UTM-SARTI Groupwill focus on more efficient underwater vehiclessuch as AUV and ROV and advanced payloadssensor systems to settle the operationalrequirements to “survey” the ocean, which ismore constraining in terms of access to theinfrastructure than the last decades “discovering”phenomena. These systems are very expensiveand require well trained operators, mother-ships for deployment and recovery, supportfrom science and engineering, and strongbounds within multi-disciplinary teams andcruises, and it is strongly recommended tofollow the interoperability procedures suggestedby the European Science Foundation [1,2], asa powerful mechanism to keep Europe as aworldwide leading in marine research.4. References[1] ESF-Marine Board, “Navigating the Future:Towards a Marine European Research Area”,Position Paper 3, 2001, 14 pp.[2] ESF-Marine Board, “Integrating MarineScience in Europe”, Position Paper 5, 2002,150 pp.

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