The Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree Program in Marine & Maritime Intelligent Robotics is organizing the 2025 Annual Symposium and Robotics Championship in Trondheim, Norway.
MIR 5th Annual Symposium & Robotics Challenge, NTNU (Norway), June 3-5, 2025
United they Stand: the Beauty and Power of Cooperative Marine Robots
António M Pascoal, Professor of Control and Robotics, Laboratory of Robotics and Systems in Engineering and Science (LARSys), IST, Lisbon Portugal
Underwater perception at CIRS (DeeperSense - Deep-Learning for Multimodal Sensor Fusion)
Nuno Gracias, Associate Professor University of Girona, Spain
10:30-11:00 COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER SESSION
11:00-12:30 - Session 2
Chair: TBD
Research and researcher driven innovation
Asgeir J. Sørensen, Professor NTNU IMT
Industrial presentations (Industry/research integrations), 5 minutes pitch each
Ocean Autonomy Cluster et al
IN2 Group - Digitalization, smart ports and IoT. Croatia
Fameline Energy - Rental, consultancy and training for energy sector. Cyprus
11:45 - EU project presentations - 10 minutes each
AEROSUB - Automated Inspection Robots for Surface, Aerial, and Underwater Substructures
Edin Omerdic, University of Limerick, Ireland
FAITH - Fostering Artificial Intelligence Trust for Humans towards the optimization of trustworthiness through large-scale pilots in critical domains
Allesandro Ridolfi, University of Florence, Italy
ILIAD - A data-intensive, cost-effective Digital Twin of the Ocean
Antonio Vasilijevic, NTNU Noray
12:30-13:30 - LUNCH BREAK
13:00-14:00 Session 3: Student poster session and demo
Student poster session
Exhibiton demo - Brattøra
14:00-15:00 Session 4: EU project presentations (RIA & IA)
Chair: TBD
ONE-BLUE - Integrated approach to assess the levels and impact of conaminants of emerging concern on BLUE health and biodiversity modulated by climate change drivers and
SEACLEAR2.0 Scalable Full-cycle Marine Litter Remediation in the Mediterranean: Robotic and Participatory Solutions
University of Dubrovnik, Croatia
TRIDENT - Technology based impact assessment tool for sustainable, transparent Deep sea mining exploration and exploitation
National Oceanography Centre, UK & Inesc Tec, Portugal
RAMONES - Radioactivity Monitoring in Ocean Ecosystems
David Cabecinhas , IST University of Lisbon, Portugal
CLIMAREST - Coastal Climate Resilience and Marine Restoration Tools for the Arctic Atlantic basin
TBD Sintef Ocean, Norway
15:00-15:30 COFFEE BREAK, networking and poster session
15:30-17:00 DIVERSE EU-funded projects - 10 min. each
Chair: TBD
SeaTecHub - Excellence Hub on Eco-Innovative Technologies for Healthy and Productive Seas.
TBD, Cyprus
UWIN-LABUST - ERA Chair in Internet of Underwater Things.
TBD, University of Zagreb, Croatia
MONUSEN - MONtenegrin center for Underwater SEnsor Networks.
Igor Radusinovic, University of Montenegro
BRIGANTINE - Chemico-physical and multispectral Data fusion for Adriatic sea monitoring by autonomous vessel (Interreg) .
TBD, Italy
LORELEI-X Long-endurance cooperative Robotic tEchnologies for Localisation of targets during Emergency Incidents.
TBD
17:00 End of day
TBD: Visit to AUR-Lab, Gunnerus, Ocean Autonomy Cluster tour or Rockheim tour
Or city tour.
