ECOBOTICS.SEA is an international research and training project that will meaningfully extend the current state-of-the-art on robotics for the analysis and monitoring of marine species communities, focusing mainly on aquatic biodiversity.
The long‐term aim is to provide better range and quality of ecological services that can have a high societal and economic impact on quality of life, including quality of water, cultural heritage and recreation activities, sustainable food production, raw materials and medicine. Interdisciplinary research will be carried out on how autonomous, interactive, and also biomimetic, underwater robots can support Ecologists and other stakeholders in this domain, providing powerful novel tools that may help them tackle fundamental issues in the Environment, and open new business opportunities for companies investing in the fast‐growing eco‐market.
