Presentation

The Marine Vehicles Experimentation Laboratory of Cantabria is an instrumentation and testing laboratory for vehicles and marine systems, which integrates the Remote Marine Laboratory (RML) developed by Computing and Automatic Control R&D Group of the University of Cantabria for research and carrying out sea trials in remote mode.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Modeling, system identification, Optimization and Automatic Control. Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) of marine vehicles. Remote Marine Laboratory (RML). Underwater robotics. Underwater inspection. Underwater acoustic image processing.

PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Monitoring, Automation and Control. Innovation, development, production and support for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) with software technologies CAD, CAM, CAE, Digital Manufacturing and Product Data Management (PDM). Vehicle and marine systems experimentation. Underwater search & location. Inspection, monitoring and underwater surveillance. Ship underwater body inspection and other underwater structures. Film recording and underwater acoustic images. Port services. Outfall services. Operation and Maintenance (OM) services in Marine Renewable Energy. Other services.

SYSTEMS OF INTEREST

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Software. PLCs (SIMATIC S7, etc.). Autonomous scaled models of marine vehicles. Inertial motion measurement system with Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU). High Performance Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) for Inspection. Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) with Manipulator. Navigation Sonar. Underwater Video Cameras. Side Scan Sonar (SSS). High accuracy GPS. LBL system.