We are proud to announce that we are 1 of 9 finalist teams moving forward to Round 2 testing. Congratulations to all the finalists: ARGGONAUTS (Germany) Blue Devil Ocean Engineering – Duke University (United States) CFIS (Switzerland) GEBCO-NF Alumni (United States) KUROSHIO (Japan) PISCES (Portugal) Team Tao (United Kingdom) Texas A&M Ocean Engineering (United States) Virginia […]
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As part of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPrize international competition, which has a group of researchers from INESC TEC as the only Portuguese semi-finalists, a delegation from the competition was in Porto to evaluate the performance of this national team. Between 18 and 21 December, this delegation visited the facilities of the Faculty of Engineering […]
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Our deep water autonomous vehicle, DART, was finalized last week and the initial tests were performed in our lab in order to prepare this week’s deployment at sea. After extensively testing all the electronics specifically designed for this deep water vehicle, our team began preparing the vehicle for the sea trials that will take place […]
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A group of INESC TEC researchers is the only Portuguese semifinalist team in the international competition Shell Ocean Discovery XPrize, which features 25 different countries. The purpose of this competition is to develop innovative technological projects, which will make it possible to explore and map the bottom of the ocean, providing solutions to current problems […]
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The DART is a customized deep water version of the MARES AUV [Cruz & Matos, 2008], with a new 5000m rated housing. The MARES AUV was developed with a modular approach, with a single pressure housing holding all batteries and electronics. In the deep-water version, this housing is replaced by a glass cylinder to withstand […]
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Roaz is a robotic unmanned surface vehicle developed as a testbed for research and development on marine robotics. It has performed many operational missions at sea in a wide range of scenarios. It was also one of the maritime robotic platforms used in the demonstration of the ICARUS European project to deploy robotic life rafts, […]
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Zarco is a small size electric powered Autonomous Surface Vehicle, in operation at the University of Porto since 2005. The vehicle is based on a catamaran type floating structure with 1.5 meters long and an overall width about 1 meter. In its original configuration it has an overall length of 1.5 m, weighting approximately 50 […]
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