Advanced, artificial intelligence-powered autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are set to revolutionize marine conservation.
A team of researchers at the Minnesota Interactive Robotics and Vision Laboratory developed the new concept in a study funded by the US National Science Foundation.
The project aims to create AI-powered vehicles capable of collecting enormous amounts of data and tracking enormous numbers of species.
According to Junaed Sattar, the project’s principal investigator and associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Robotics Institute:
“Our project is about making underwater robots more effective tools for scientists and conservationists. With improved vision and localization, these robots can better understand and protect our underwater environments, which is crucial for ecological balance and human prosperity.”
