Results
Scientific Outcomes
Publications
Aguzzi, J., et al. (2025) A digital-twin strategy using robots for marine ecosystem monitoring. Ecol. Inform. 91, 103409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2025.103409
Chatzievangelou, D., et al. (2025) Temporally-scheduled ROV-based monitoring to detect behavioural rhythms of deep-sea megafauna. Rev. Fish Biol. Fisheries 35, 893-909. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-025-09938-7
Francescangeli, M., et al. (2025) 10-Years of imagery from a cabled-observatory reveals a decreasing trend in coastal fish biodiversity. Sci. Total Environ. 961, 178139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.178139
Francescangeli, M., et al. (2025) 10-Years of imagery from a cabled-observatory reveals a decreasing trend in coastal fish biodiversity. Sci. Total Environ. 961, 178139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.178139
F. Bonin-Font, P. B. Castelló and M. Martín-Abadal, “Optimizing Submarine Photo Mosaicking by Filtering Redundant Images*,” OCEANS 2025 Brest, BREST, France, 2025, pp. 1-10, doi: 10.1109/OCEANS58557.2025.11104532.
Antoni Sánchez-Márquez, Iván Masmitjà, Maria Vigo, Víctor Martín-Vélez, Jacopo Aguzzi, Nixon Bahamon, José Antonio García, Bernat Hereu, Joan Baptista Company and Joan Navarro (BEeS2025, Heraklion)
M. Real, P. Vial, R. Pi, N. Palomeras and M. Carreras, “Modular Acoustic Graph SLAM for Underwater Monitoring With Autonomous Underwater Vehicles,” in IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 22, pp. 21770-21783, 2025, doi: 10.1109/TASE.2025.3615829.
Carandell, Matias, Daniel M. Toma, Enoc Martínez, Carlos de la Vega, Marc Nogueras, Joan Armajach, Lucas Alcantara, Maxime Julien, and Joaquín del Río. 12th Int. Work. Mar. Technol.-Pasaia (2025).
de la Vega, Carlos, Joan Armajach, Ivan Masmitja, Joaquín del Río, and Matias Carandell. 12th Int. Work. Mar. Technol.-Pasaia (2025).
Toma, Daniel M., Sofia F. Ribas, Jordi Grinyó, Oriol P. Bayarri, Pol B. Castello, Matias Carandell, Marc Nogueras et al.12th Int. Work. Mar. Technol.-Pasaia (2025).
V. Pérez-Gregori, F. Bonin-Font and C. Muntaner-Gonzalez, “CNN-Driven Seabed Exploration: Reactive Path Adjustment for Species Detection and Control,” OCEANS 2025 Brest, BREST, France, 2025, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/OCEANS58557.2025.11104258.
Armajach, Joan, Matias Carandell, Carlos De La Vega, Joaquín Del Río, Jacopo Aguzzi, and Ivan Masmitja. In OCEANS 2025 Brest, pp. 1-8. IEEE, 2025.
Muntaner-Gonzalez Caterina , Nadal-Martínez Antonio , Martin-Abadal Miguel , Gonzalez-Cid Yolanda. Automatic deep learning-based pipeline for Mediterranean fish segmentation. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2025, v. 12. doi:10.3389/fmars.2025.1525524. ISSN=2296-7745
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1525524/full
De La Vega, Carlos, Joan Armajach, Ivan Masmitja, Joaquín Del Río, and Matias Carandell. In OCEANS 2025 Brest, pp. 1-8. IEEE, 2025.
Armajach, Joan, Matias Carandell, Carlos de la Vega, Joaquín del Río, Jacopo Aguzzi, and Ivan Masmitja. 12th Int. Work. Mar. Technol.-Pasaia (2025).
Ortenzi, L., et al. (2024) Automated species classification and counting by deep-sea mobile crawler platforms using YOLO. Ecol. Inform. 82, 102788. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102788
Aguzzi, J., et al. (2024) Marine science can contribute to the search for extra-terrestrial life. Life 14(6), 676. https://doi.org/10.3390/life14060676
Aguzzi, J., et al. (2024) New technologies for monitoring and upscaling marine ecosystem restoration in deep-sea environments. Engineering 34, 195-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2023.10.012
Antoni Burguera Burguera, Francisco Bonin-Font, Damianos Chatzievangelou, Maria Vigo Fernandez, Jacopo Aguzzi, Deep learning for detection and counting of Nephrops norvegicus from underwater videos, ICES Journal of Marine Science, Volume 81, Issue 7, September 2024, Pages 1307–1324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae089
Toma, Daniel M., Carlota Artero Delgado, Matias Carandell, Marc Nogueras, Ikram Bghiel, Alex Ramon Ripoll, Juan Manuel López et al. “” 11th Int. Work. Mar. Technol.-Palma de Mallorca (2024).
Antoni Sánchez-Márquez, Ivan Masmitjà, Maria Vigo, Jacopo Aguzzi, Nixon Bahamon, José A. García, Bernat Hereu, Joan B. Company and Joan Navarro (ETNS2024, Mallorca)
Carandell Widmer, Matias, Steve Hernández Uptegrove, Daniel Toma, Marc Nogueras Cervera, Enoc Martínez Padró, Ikram Bghiel, and Joaquín del Río Fernández. 11th Int. Work. Mar. Technol.-Palma de Mallorca (2024).
Carandell, Matias, Marc Nogueras, Steve Hernández, Daniel Mihai Toma, Enoc Martínez, and Joaquín del Río. “.” 10th Int. Work. Mar. Technol.-Castellón la Plana (2023).
Toma, Daniel Mihai, Jacopo Aguzzi, Matias Carandell, Marc Nogueras, Enoc Martínez, Marco Francescangeli, Damianos Chatzievangelou et al. In OCEANS 2023-Limerick, pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2023.
Toma, Daniel M., Jacopo Aguzzi, Matias Carandell, Marc Nogueras, Enoc Martínez, Marco Francescangeli, Damianos Chatzievangelou, Nixon Bahamon, Marc Carreras, and Joaquín del Río. 10th Int. Work. Mar. Technol.-Castellón la Plana (2023).
Carandell, Matias, Steve Hernández, Daniel Mihai Toma, Enoc Martínez, Marc Nogueras, Jacopo Aguzzi, and Joaquín del Río. In OCEANS 2023-Limerick, pp. 1-7. IEEE, 2023.
Ivan Masmitja, Narcís Palomeras, Daniel M. Toma, Nixon Bahamon, Matias Carandell, José A. García del Arco, Damianos Chatzievangelou, Marta Real, Antoni Sánchez-Márquez, Gerard Batet, Pau Vial, Francisco Bonin-Font, Caterina Muntaner, Natàlia Hurtós, Juan M. López, Alex R. Ripoll, Guillermo de Arcas, Jordi Grinyó, Spartacus Gomariz, Kakani Katija, Jacopo Aguzzi, Marc Carreras, Joaquin del-Rio, Joan Navarro, Joan B. Company. Marine Pollution Bulletin,
Volume 219, 2025, 118314, ISSN 0025-326X,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.118314.
Muntaner González, C. [et al.]. Exploring deep waters: preliminary findings and design insights from a stereo vision unit deployment. 11th International Workshop on Marine Technology (MARTECH 2024)”. “”Instrumentation viewpoint”, 2024, núm. 23, p. 81-82.
E. Alfaro-Dufour, C. Muntaner-González, A. Martorell-Torres and G. Oliver-Codina, “Lanty: A Deep Sea Stereo Vision System,” 2024 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), Bristol, United Kingdom, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICIT58233.2024.10540725.
Avsar, E., Feekings, J.P. & Krag, L.A. Edge computing based real-time Nephrops (Nephrops norvegicus) catch estimation in demersal trawls using object detection models. Sci Rep 14, 9481 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-60255-8
Aguzzi, J., et al. (2023) Established and emerging research trends in Norway Lobster, Nephrops norvegicus. Biology, 12(2), 225. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12020225
Aguzzi, J., et al. (2023) Burrow emergence rhythms of deep-water Mediterranean Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) revealed by acoustic telemetry. Rev. Fish Biol. Fisheries 33, 1465-1482. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-023-09787-2
Chatzievangelou, D., et al. (2023) Editorial: Data acquisition and processing strategies for the development of ecological indicators in the exploration and monitoring of deep-sea ecosystems under natural and anthropogenic changes. Front. Mar. Sci. 10, 1228891. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1228891
Marc Carreras, Narcís Palomeras, Pau Vial, Marta Real, Pere Ridao, Joaquín del Río, Daniel Mihai Toma, Juan Manuel López, Gabriel Oliver, Francisco Bonin, Natàlia Hurtós, Jacopo Aguzzi and Damianos Chatzievangelou.
https://upcommons.upc.edu/handle/2117/390697
2023
Matias Carandell, Marc Nogueras, Steve Hernández, Daniel Mihai Toma, Enoc Martínez and Joaquín del Río.
https://upcommons.upc.edu/handle/2117/391801
2023
Antoni Burguera, Francisco Bonin-Font, Damianos Chatzievangelou.
https://upcommons.upc.edu/handle/2117/392126
2023
Aguzzi, J., et al. (2022) Advancing fishery-independent stock assessments for the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) with new monitoring technologies. Front. Mar. Sci. 9, 969071. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.969071
Chatzievangelou, D., et al. (2022) Transects in the deep: Opportunities with tele-operated resident seafloor robots. Front. Mar. Sci. 9, 833617. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.833617
Bonofiglio, F., et al. (2022) Machine learning applied to big data from marine cabled observatories: A case study of sablefish monitoring in the NE Pacific. Front. Mar. Sci. 9, 842946. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.842946
Nathan J. Robinson, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona, Spain.
https://eos.org/opinions/deep-sea-exploration-could-help-us-fight-the-next-pandemic
25 March 2022
Jacopo Aguzzi, Sascha Flögel, Simone Marini, Laurenz Thomsen, Jan Albiez, Peter Weiss, Giacomo Picardi, Marcello Calisti, Sergio Stefanni, Luca Mirimin, Fabrizio Vecchi, Cecilia Laschi, Andrew Branch, Evan B. Clark, Bernard Foing, Armin Wedler, Damianos Chatzievangelou, Michael Tangherlini, Autun Purser, Lewis Dartnell, Roberto Danovaro.
February 08 2022
Authors: Jacopo Aguzzi,
Joaquin del del Rio, Gabriel Oliver, Juan Manuel Lopez, Joan Batista Company, Joan Navarro, Nixon Bahamón, José Antonio García del Arco, Damianos Chatzievangelou, Nathan J. Robinson, Jordi Grinyó, Sascha Flögel, Daniel Mihai Toma, Marco Francescangeli, Merce Cabane, Xavier Garcias, Marc Carreras Perez, Joseta Roca, Mireia Frigola, Ivan Masmitja, Spartacus Gomariz, Antoni Sanchez
September 2021
Attended Conferences and Workshops
The main objective of the MARTECH Workshop is to share information and points of view on cutting-edge research in several fields of MARine TECHnology. MarTech is an internationally renewed venue for dissemination of marine technology research since 2008.
The Tenth International Symposium Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques is organized by the Institute of BioEconomy – Italian National Research Council (CNR-IBE) in collaboration with Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF).
The Symposium will take place in Livorno from 11th to 13th June 2024, at the Museum of Natural History of the Mediterranean.
The Symposium, organized every two years, is addressed every two years to all the scholars of Mediterranean coastal areas. In particular, as in previous editions, the Symposium is proposed as a place to make known the research carried out in recent years on the topics of monitoring the Mediterranean; and therefore, it is an opportunity to present new proposals and promote actions in favor of the safeguard of the marine and coastal environment. The Symposium addresses issues related to Mediterranean coastal areas and investigations in technical and instrumental solutions to face problems related to: energy production in the coastal area, coastal pollution, morphology and evolution of coastlines, flora and fauna of the littoral system, management and integrated coastal protection, coastline geography, maritime and coastal tourism human influence on coastal landscape.
The Institute of marine engineering of the Italian National Research Council (INM-CNR) will host the next Workshop on EU-funded Marine Robotics and Applications from 27th to 29th May 2024.
Organised under EU projects MONUSEN, MAELSTROM, UWIN-LABUST, SeaTecHub, FAITH, and DIH InnovaMARE, EMRA 2024 will bring together a diverse range of speakers, from ongoing H2020-H-Europe projects, industry, end users and stakeholders. The interdisciplinary event will provide an excellent opportunity for networking and cross-fertilisation of ideas in marine robotics, enabling technologies and applications.
The National Oceanography Centre is proud to be hosting this year EMRA workshop on the 15th – 16th June. The one and half day event aims to bring together a diverse range of speakers from ongoing EU funded research projects, industry stakeholders, policy makers and end users. The workshop will provide an excellent opportunity for networking, dissemination of research projects and cross-fertilisation of ideas in marine robotics, enabling innovative technologies and applications. Previously hosted virtually by ISME Pisa Italy this will be the first year since COVID it is held in person but will also be held virtually for those unable to travel. The event is the yearly networking opportunity for European marine robotics researchers to come together show case what they have been working on and discuss new projects.
Aguzzi, J., et al. A new approach to use marine robotic networks for ecosystem monitoring and management: The PLOME Project. Abstract presented at the 2022 Marine Imaging Workshop, Brest, France.
The First ROBEX International Summer School was held on Vulcano (Eolian Islands, Italy) in 2016. Vulcano offers a natural laboratory for marine, terrestrial and planetary science and technology. PLOME activities were presented in 2022.
The European Training Network on PErsonalized Robotics as SErvice Oriented applications – PERSEO – aims at training and creating a new generation of interdisciplinary researchers and professionals with an entrepreneurship ethos and transferrable skillset to face both societal and technological research challenges of this forthcoming market of personal robots.
Aguzzi, J., et al. (2021) Towards monitoring and recovery of fishery-impacted species in deep-sea marine ecosystems: A joint effort between biology and technology within BITER, PLOME, and LIFE-ECOREST actions. Presented at the 2021 ICES Working Group on Nephrops Surveys (WGNEPS) online meeting. ICES Sci. Rep. 4(29), 22–23. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.19438472.
Attended Events
Oceanology International is the most important commercial fair in the underwater technologies’ domain in Europe. The event has a parallel scientific conference where the exhibitors can present and promote their most innovative technologies. IQUA aims to participate as an exhibitor in the editions of 2022, 2024, and 2025. Some project partners will also attend as visitors. It is highly likely that in the edition of 2024, PLOME-related technologies will be presented in the parallel conference to disseminate them.
For more details, visit: www.oceanologyinternational.co
