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#ICYMI: Last month, I chatted to Dr. Simona Aracri from the National Research Council of Italy about #robots for ocean observation.

Catch up here 🎧 - https://www.robottalk.org/2026/04/10/episode-151-simona-aracri/ or wherever you get your podcasts!

#Robotics #Environment #UUV

Can robots help us study some of the most remote water bodies on Earth? 🤖 🐟

In the latest episode, I chatted to Dr. Simona Aracri from the National Research Council of Italy about #robots for ocean observation.

Available wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/robottalkpod

#Robotics #Environment #UUV

https://www.europesays.com/iran/62635/ Navy to use underwater drones to help clear Iranian mines from Strait of Hormuz #AdmBradCooper #centcom #DonaldTrump #drone #Drones #Iran #IranWar #lcs #MineCountermeasures #MineSweeping #Mines #NavalMines #Navy #OperationEpicFury #StraitOfHormuz #USCentralCommand #UnmannedUnderseaVessel #UnmannedUnderwaterVehicle #uuv

Navy to use underwater drones to help clear Iranian mines from Strait of Hormuz

The Navy plans to use underwater drones in the coming days as part of its new effort to…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #Adm.BradCooper #breakingnews #CENTCOM #DonaldTrump #Drone #Drones #Iran #iranwar #lcs #minecountermeasures #minesweeping #mines #navalmines #navy #OperationEpicFury #StraitofHormuz #u-s-central-command #unmannedunderseavessel #unmannedunderwatervehicle #UUV
https://www.newsbeep.com/479711/

Here's a photo of a portable 'robot in a backpack' developed for the MARMOT project that Simona worked on. The robot was specifically designed to operate in remote proglacial lakes.

Find out more by listening to Episode 151 of Robot Talk - available on all major podcast providers: https://linktr.ee/robottalkpod

#Robots #Robotics #Environment #UUV

Simona Aracri is a researcher at the National Research Council of Italy. Her research uses innovative sensors and robotic platforms to push the boundaries of observational oceanography and environmental monitoring. She has spent more than 6 months at sea on oceanographic sampling campaigns, in the Mediterranean Sea, Pacific Ocean and the North Sea.

Listen to our chat here: https://www.robottalk.org/2026/04/10/episode-151-simona-aracri/

#Robots #Robotics #Environment #UUV

High res satellite imagery of the Novorossiysk #UUV attack aftermath are in, but inconclusive. Explosion seems to have been a significant distance aft of the sub. Minor or no damage as claimed by the Russians seems possible, but significant damage to the aft end (which extends significantly beyond whats visible above the water) can't be ruled out. Fact it hasn't moved while the other Kilos have seems suggestive

https://www.twz.com/news-features/aftermath-of-ukraines-underwater-drone-attack-on-russian-submarine-seen-in-satellite-imagery

Meanwhile, SBU claims (supported by rather convincing video) to have sailed a #UUV into Novorossiysk port and at least heavily damage a Russian Kilo-class sub. Pity they only got one in given the number of targets, but one supposes it won't be the last attempt, and the Russians will have to either spend a bunch of resources on ASW or lose more ships (or both)

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-claims-first-underwater-drone-sea-baby-strike-on-russian-submarine-knocking-it-out-of-service/

Filipińscy rybacy wyłowili z morza chińskiego drona. To podwodny „niewidzialny” zwiadowca

Grupa filipińskich rybaków dokonała niezwykłego odkrycia na wodach Morza Południowochińskiego.

W pobliżu spornej rafy Scarborough Shoal wyłowili z wody duży, zaawansowany technologicznie obiekt, który okazał się podwodnym dronem zwiadowczym. Analitycy wojskowi niemal jednogłośnie wskazują, że jednostka należy do Chin i była wykorzystywana do celów szpiegowskich.

Wyłowiony obiekt to bezzałogowy pojazd podwodny (UUV) typu „szybowiec” (glider). Ma charakterystyczny, czarny kolor, opływowy kształt, skrzydła, ogon i jest wyposażony w szereg czujników. Jego konstrukcja, jak wskazują eksperci, ma cechy „stealth” – została zaprojektowana tak, by minimalizować odbicie fal sonarowych, co utrudnia wykrycie drona przez okręty wojenne i inne systemy obronne.

Tego typu jednostki są kluczowym narzędziem do prowadzenia działań wywiadowczych, obserwacyjnych i rozpoznawczych (ISR). Ich głównym zadaniem jest zbieranie danych oceanograficznych, takich jak temperatura, zasolenie i prądy morskie, które są niezbędne do precyzyjnego operowania okrętów podwodnych. Drony te mapują również dno morskie i mogą być wykorzystywane do śledzenia ruchów jednostek pływających przeciwnika.

Odkrycie drona w rejonie Scarborough Shoal ma ogromne znaczenie geopolityczne. Jest to jeden z najbardziej zapalnych punktów w sporze terytorialnym między Filipinami a Chinami. Incydent ten stanowi namacalny dowód na prowadzenie przez Pekin intensywnych, ukrytych operacji wywiadowczych na spornych wodach. To kolejny element w strategii Chin, mającej na celu ciche przejmowanie kontroli nad kluczowymi akwenami Morza Południowochińskiego.

Nadchodzi „moment ChatGPT” dla robotów. Chiny chcą zdominować kolejną technologię

#chiny #dron #dronPodwodny #Filipiny #geopolityka #incydent #MorzePołudniowochińskie #news #szpiegostwo #technologiaWojskowa #UUV #wojsko #zwiadowca

Claimed details of Ukraine's Toloka #UUV family, which has been reported in development as far back as 2023* but not yet confirmed in action.

Smallest version is all electric, larger two hybrid (presumably with a snorkel fed ICE engine, though no snorkel is visible in mockups). Roles include "provision of radio relay communication system, reconnaissance, strike missions, mining" as well as mine clearing

https://defence-ua.com/news/tajemnitsi_morskoji_toloki_scho_mozhe_simejstvo_novih_pidvodnih_droniv-20294.html

* https://militarnyi.com/en/news/unmanned-underwater-vehicles-are-being-developed-in-ukraine/

More on the Toloka #UUV
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/ukrainian-underwater-drone-toloka-is-being-updated-what-s-new-in-the-tlk-150-model/

Some time back there was testing footage of a #UUV submersible drone* . Unclear what happened to that project, but a platform that could sneak up close, surface and launch a bunch of FPVs seems like it could be quite useful. Control is a question for UUV, but even if ran with a mast / snorkel profile could be quite a bit lower than the current USVs. Or use battery + IMU dead reckoning to get close to the target area

https://mastodon.social/@reedmideke/111128602793991877

Here's a photo of some autonomous underwater vehicles that John has worked on.

Find out more by listening to Robot Talk Episode 91 — available wherever you get your podcasts: https://linktr.ee/robottalkpod

Photo by Alexander Bahr. #Robots #UUV

John Leonard is a Professor of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a member of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), researching navigation and mapping for autonomous underwater vehicles, self-driving cars, and other types of mobile #robots.

Listen to our chat here: https://www.robottalk.org/2024/09/27/episode-91-john-leonard/ #Robotics #UUV #SLAM

Google Maps Satellite Image Appears to Show US Prototype Underwater Drone https://petapixel.com/2024/06/27/google-maps-satellite-image-appears-to-show-us-prototype-underwater-drone/ #autonomousdrone #underwaterdrone #googlemaps #usmilitary #satellite #warfare #Space #drone #News #uuv

@DARPA #naval #drones #DARPA Manta Ray prototype uncrewed underwater vehicle (#UUV) built by performer Northrop Grumman completed full-scale, in-water testing off the coast of Southern California. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/northrop-grumman-corporation_uuv-activity-7191456376957595649-LkkH?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

In the new season of Robot Talk, @claireasher will be chatting to Ffion Llewellyn, an Engineer at Oshen, who are building low cost, autonomous micro-vessels for remote ocean sensing. Ffion has been focused on the integration and testing of sensors onto Oshen's autonomous micro-vessels.

Send us questions for Ffion in the comments or our website: https://robottalk.org/ask-a-question/ #Robotics #UUV #Ocean #Sensing

Claire talked to Dr. Francesco Giorgio-Serchi from the University of Edinburgh
about underwater robots, weather-proofing, and soft robotics: https://robottalk.org/2023/04/21/episode-45-francesco-giorgio-serchi/ #UUV #SoftRobotics

Claire spoke to Sean Katagiri from The National Robotarium about underwater robots, offshore energy, and other industrial applications of robotics: https://robottalk.org/2022/10/14/episode-21-sean-katagiri/ #Energy #UUV #Industry

«#China Reveals New Heavily Armed Extra-Large Uncrewed #Submarine» - Naval News. #NavalTechnology #PRC #PLAN #Drone #UnderwaterDrone #UUV

https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/navdex-2023/2023/02/china-reveals-new-heavily-armed-extra-large-uncrewed-submarine/