MARBLE 5th project meeting (EMRA 2026, Lisbon)
Meet Fiumanka and Šibenka. MARBLE’s first two pilot sites are now in the water.
ICRA 2026 (Vienna)
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Invited lectures by Sinan Özgan and Ayaz İsrafil Taştan
Invited lectures “Design Optimization and Validation of an Unnamed Underwater Vehicle (AUV)” by Sinan Özgan from the Altınbaş University and “Accelerating ADAS Development: Integrating Testing, Validation, and Simulation with MATLAB” by Ayaz İsrafil Taştan from the Yıldız Technical University were held on June 29, 2026, at the LABUST lab.
EMSA Visit
On 25 June 2026, representatives of MARBLE visited the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) headquarters in Lisbon.
EMRA 2026
MARBLE team participated at EMRA 2026 (European Workshop on Marine Robotics and Applications) in Lisbon, Portugal, that took place June 23-24. This year, EMRA was organized by the Institute for Systems and Robotics and Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon.
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Invited lecture by Paul Nguyen Hong Duc
LABUST, MARBLE, and IEEE OES University of Zagreb Student Branch Chapter MARBLE, are organizing a lecture “Non-stereotypy (to species) in mysticete downsweeps” held by Paul Nguyen Hong Duc from Curtin University, Mauritius. The lecture will place on Thursday, July 16th, 2026, at the MARBLE HQ (meeting room Tramontana on the ground floor), as part of the MARBLE project.
Core Focus
Key Research Areas
Maritime Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Encompasses a variety of marine robots, including underwater and surface vehicles, aerial robots, ground robots operating in coastal environments, and autonomous unmanned ships.
Maritime Green Endurance
Includes conventional renewable energy systems exploiting solar, wind, and wave energy with specific applications in remote island areas, underwater recharging stations, and docking algorithms for unmanned vehicles.
Maritime Internet-of-Things
Addresses a network of physical devices embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and network connectivity, operating in maritime environments.
Maritime Digital Twins
Maritime digital twins are still in their early stages of development focusing on environmental monitoring and shipping.
