The following core topics will be presented and discussed during the Symposium:
Vehicle design: Design of autonomous marine vehicles and vehicle sub-systems, including novel designs, improved efficiency, low-cost systems, modular systems, bioinspiration, soft robotics, energy harvesting, and multi-function design
Vehicle planning and control: Algorithmic methods including off-line approaches that leverage environment priors and real-time adaptive methods using sensing or communication to improve multi-vehicle coordination.
Vehicle navigation and sensing: Data fusion, localisation and mapping, and map-based navigation. New payloads, data processing and integration (e.g., acoustic, optic, environment, and multi-vehicle sensing) to enhance mission performance.
Operations, communication and data management : Over-horizon and persistent operations. Communication devices and protocols, advanced mission management and complex operations (e.g., under-ice, in ports and harbours, multi-vehicle).
Science and industrial applications for sustainability: Conservation and heritage science, port-harbour safety, exploration and repeat monitoring. Sustainable resource and infrastructure management, including fisheries, renewables, infrastructure inspection.