In this article we want to summarize the last 10 years of history at the Systems, Robotics and Vision research lab (SRV) at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), always linked to their SPARUS II AUV platform named Turbot. We’ve interviewed former members of the team as well as the current generation of researchers […]
Tag: robotics
Use case: SPARUS II AUV for critical underwater infrastructure inspection
99% of the communications occurring in the world today happen through underwater fiber optic networks. There are more than 420 submarine lines in the world, totalling 1.3 million kilometers which allow us to communicate and operate in the way we do as a society. These infrastructures are equally important today as oil and gas pipelines, […]
SPARUS II AUV Alice: a life full of changes
Back in 2016, when IQUA robotics was created, University of Haifa SubSEA Engineering lab and the VISEAON Marine Imaging lab decided to acquire a Sparus II AUV. By then, the research interest and goal of the team was to work on the development of underwater marine technologies. Part of the team, led by Morel Groper, […]
IQUA robotics at Mobile World Congress
IQUA robotics (IQUA) is one of the most recently created spin off companies of the University of Girona. Founded in 2016, IQUA is devoted to the design, development, manufacture and commercialization of underwater observation technologies. This 2023, the company was invited to be part of the startup area reserved for the University of Girona in the 4YFN (4 […]
Testing our newly developed optoacoustic payload in Atlantis testbed (Portugal)
The world’s first offshore wind farm was installed at Vindeby, off the southern coast of Denmark, in 1991. At the time, few believed that this could be more than a demonstration project. Thirty years later, offshore wind power is a large-scale, mature technology that provides power to millions of people around the world. New facilities […]
PLOME, a research project to monitor marine ecosystems
Understanding the marine ecosystem is key to monitoring, evaluating, and managing its functioning. To do this, the scientific community needs data. The PLOME project will obtain it with an underwater platform that will monitor the ecosystems of the seabed for extended periods. Girona, 7th of July 2022. A scientific team led by the University of Girona (UdG) will […]
We support FIRST LEGO LEAGUE Girona tournament
On the 27th of January 2018 the FIRST® LEGO® League tournament will take place in Girona. The contest is a worldwide event for scholars up to 16 years old who make their designs on robotics and prepare a research project on a specific topic. Annually, a specific challenge is launched, this edition is focused in […]