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{"id":929,"date":"2024-05-23T13:05:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T12:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambulant.tech\/home-2\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T11:04:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T10:04:56","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ambulant.tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"929\" class=\"elementor elementor-929\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4679d27 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4679d27\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52ba3aa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"52ba3aa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8ac12a elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f8ac12a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AutonoMous Bio-mimetic Underwater vehicle for digitAI cage moNiToring<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a371ca e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2a371ca\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-585bf26 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"585bf26\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a184655 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a184655\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Traditional cage aquaculture requires marine biologists to periodically assess the water quality and estimate fish biomass to ensure optimal conditions for the specific marine ecosystem being cultured. This periodical assessment poses considerable risks due to accessibility and safety, while also incurring high costs to perform in-situ measurements and fish biomass estimations.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4);\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4);\">This two-year project, funded by the Science and Technology Cooperation Sino-Malta Fund, aims to propose an alternative unmanned solution via the development of a hybrid drive biomimetic underwater robotic cage-monitoring system. This robotic system will incorporate state-of-the-art digital technologies to provide reliable underwater 3D positioning and localisation, Spatio-temporal warnings for water quality, fish biomass estimations and benthic identification systems. Additionally, computer vision modelling will be used to support the digitalisation of environmental monitoring in Malta, specifically survey and mapping of benthic habitats. This technology has the potential of reducing the cost of breeding, improve the efficiency of breeding, and realise a safe and sustainable approach for the comprehensive monitoring of deep-sea cages and marine environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4);\"><br><\/span>Expected Outcomes:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Design and construct innovative integrated rigid-flexible coupling hybrid-drive bionic underwater robotic system prototypes with the capability of autonomous 3D positioning and localisation within deepwater environments, and reduced noise and disturbance during unmanned underwater monitoring.<\/li>\n<li>Design and construct a spatial prediction model for water quality in marine environments and aquaculture.<\/li>\n<li>Develop and construct a Biomass Estimation Model for fish biomass estimates based on multi-module convolutional networks.<\/li>\n<li>Develop and construct an automated benthic detection and identification system of key marine features (endangered species, invasive species, benthos type, lost or damaged maritime infrastructure} through machine learning, machine vision prototypes and artificial neural networks.<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrate the integrated platform for digital deep water net cage comprehensive monitoring system in China. This demonstration will showcase the application of the water quality prediction model and the biomass estimation model.<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrate in Malta the benthic habitat model for live identification of Maltese marine benthic habitats from ROV captured video in the depth range 10-10 meters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><br><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(8, 8, 8); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 1.17647rem; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4);\">Impact of Research:<\/span><br><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The outcomes of this project will likely contribute to promote an environmentally healthier development of the aquaculture industry, resulting in economic, social environmental and political\/diplomatic benefits.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h6>1) Political and diplomatic benefits<\/h6>\n<p>This project involves the cooperation with international partners that has to potential to promote the cooperation in the market promotion of high-tech solution in the field of deep-cages aquaculture, contributing to the introduction of innovative solutions based on digital transformation. 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