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Boosting the talent of new generations of marine engineers through robotics competitions in realistic environments: the SAUC-E and euRathlon experience
(CMRE, 2019/06)
This article summarizes the experience of the NATO Science and Technology Organization (STO) Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) in the organization of the Student Autonomous Underwater Vehicle ...
The euRathlon 2015 Grand Challenge: the first outdoor multi-domain search and rescue robotics competition - a marine perspective
(CMRE, 2019/06)
The euRathlon project was an FP7-funded Coordination and Support Action (2013-2015). Its main aim was to organize outdoor robotics competitions in realistic search and rescue response scenarios for cooperative land, sea, ...
Multi-domain robotics competitions: the CMRE experience from SAUC-E to the European Robotics League Emergency Robots
(CMRE, 2019/06)
This paper details the experience of the Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) in the organisation of several robotics competitions since 2010. In particular, the Student Autonomous Underwater Vehicle ...
Fostering marine robotics through competitions: from SAUC-E to ERL Emergency 2018
(CMRE, 2019/05)
Marine robotics competitions and challenges are today very popular in the robotics community. Their value mainly lies in the opportunities they provide to teams (both student and professional) for developing and testing ...
Underwater optical and acoustic imaging: a time for fusion? a brief overview of the state-of-the-art
(CMRE, 2019/06)
Underwater optical imaging has several drawbacks inherent to the physical medium such as light attenuation and turbidity. Sonars try to obviate those issues although, typically, they have lower resolutions. Combining visual ...
Scoring robotic competitions: balancing judging promptness and meaningful performance evaluation
(CMRE, 2019/05)
To have a significant and fair competition an adequate scoring system is necessary. Different scoring systems exist, each one directly related to the nature and goals of the competition, e.g. student/educational, focused ...