In its final assessment, Trident European project has
submerged its I-AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle for intervention) in the
Port of Sóller (Mallorca). The vehicle has been able to find and retrieve
independently an object in an unknown seabed facing the adverse conditions
presented by the open ocean.
Unlike other methods, based mostly in remote control or
single-purpose systems, the project coordinated by Pedro J. Sanz, professor of
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the Universitat Jaume I,
proposes a new methodology that provides the robot with multitasking skills and
autonomous manipulation for intervention operations in unknown submarine
spaces.