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Robotic Functions Validations: Interview with Jussi Aaltonen
LuÃs Lopes
27 Jan 2017
The UNEXMIN (Underwater Explorer for Flooded Mines) project is almost one year old. After a busy first year of work, UNEXMIN is on-schedule to deliver the first mechanical UX-1 prototype. Jussi Aalton...
Into the deep: Underwater machines keep an eye on climate change
Horizon Magazine
26 Jan 2017
The shells on crustaceans and molluscs off the Norwegian Atlantic coast are not as thick as they once were. This is because of ocean acidification, where increased carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphe...
Unmanned and underneath: Stay in the know about underwater drones
Dan Gettinger
02 Nov 2016
Editor's note: This article is adapted from a post from November 2015 and includes recent developments and updated spending figures.Â
In October 2016, the U.K. Royal Navy hosted Unmanned Warr...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #51/52: Big Vision
Thomas Schmickl
22 Dec 2015
Our penultimate video features the initial "Big Vision" trailer we produced at the beginning of this project. The video showcases the basic components of the robotic system we targeted (surface st...
Scaling up underwater swarmbot research from tabletop ‘aquarium’ to the Venice Lagoon (CoCoRo Video #50/52)
Thomas Schmickl
15 Dec 2015
Our underwater swarm research started in a few cubic centimeters of water with some naked electronics on a table. Over the next three and a half years, our swarm increased by a factor of 40, and ...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #49/52: Base stations
Thomas Schmickl
08 Dec 2015
During the past year we have shown many swarm algorithms in various experiments. The spotlight was always on the Lily and the Jeff robots. However, there is now another star in the team and this tr...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #48/52: Workshops
Thomas Schmickl
01 Dec 2015
Most of the videos from The Year of CoCoRo were shot during workshops we held throughout the project. These workshops, which were usually focussed on one or several specific demonstrators, were wha...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #47/52: Underwater robots swarm at CEBIT consumer electronics show
Thomas Schmickl
24 Nov 2015
In March 2014, we exhibited CoCoRo in Hannover, Germany at the CEBIT --Â Europe's largest consumer electronics fair. At first we thought we might be out of place and that our exhibit would be overshad...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #46/52: JeffShoaling
Thomas Schmickl
17 Nov 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – w...
What you need to know about underwater drones
Dan Gettinger
16 Nov 2015
Late last month, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus appointed Brig. Gen. Frank Kelley to become the first deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for unmanned systems, a position that was created in April...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #45/52: Swarm control
Thomas Schmickl
10 Nov 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – w...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #44/52: Lily shoaling
Thomas Schmickl
03 Nov 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – w...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #43/52: Channel switching
Thomas Schmickl
27 Oct 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – w...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #42/52: Murky waters
Thomas Schmickl
20 Oct 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CooRo – we...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #41/52: Metacognition
Thomas Schmickl
13 Oct 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CooRo – we...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #40/52: Adaptive layers water column
Thomas Schmickl
06 Oct 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CooRo – we...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #39/52: Adaptive layers in a pool
Thomas Schmickl
29 Sep 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CooRo – we...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #38/52: BEECLUST
Thomas Schmickl
22 Sep 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CooRo – weâ€...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #37/52: Combined scenario two
Thomas Schmickl
15 Sep 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CooRo – we...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #36/52: Relay swarm
Thomas Schmickl
08 Sep 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – w...
CoCoRo: Tracking the development of the world’s largest autonomous underwater swarm
Thomas Schmickl
04 Sep 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built the world’s largest swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout the first half ...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #35/52: Relay chain communication
Thomas Schmickl
01 Sep 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – w...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #34/52: Relay chain basics
Thomas Schmickl
25 Aug 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – w...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #33/52: Combined scenario number one – relay chain
Thomas Schmickl
18 Aug 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – w...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #32/52: Combined scenario number one – target find
Thomas Schmickl
11 Aug 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – weâ...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #31/52: Combined scenario number one – base station arrival
Thomas Schmickl
04 Aug 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – weâ...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #30/52: Combined scenario number one
Thomas Schmickl
29 Jul 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – weâ...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #29/52: Jeff – preprogrammed trajectory
Thomas Schmickl
22 Jul 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo â€...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #28/52: All magnet finding
Thomas Schmickl
14 Jul 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo â€...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #27/52: Jeff target find in a large pool
Thomas Schmickl
08 Jul 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo â...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #26/52: Magnetic target – four compartments
Thomas Schmickl
30 Jun 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo â...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #25/52: Autonomous underwater camera agent
Thomas Schmickl
22 Jun 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo â...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #24/52: Jeff robots explore
Thomas Schmickl
19 Jun 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo â...
The Year of the CoCoRo Video #23/52: Lily aggregation experiments
Thomas Schmickl
15 Jun 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo â...
The Year of the CoCoRo Video #22/52: Aggregation magnets
Thomas Schmickl
01 Jun 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo â...
The Year of the CoCoRo Video #21/52: Jeff docking Livorno
Thomas Schmickl
25 May 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo â...
