SeaClear has been featured in BlueOcean Magazine: https://blueoceanmag.com/seaclear-autonomous-robots-that-clean-the-ocean/.
SeaClear has been featured in BlueOcean Magazine: https://blueoceanmag.com/seaclear-autonomous-robots-that-clean-the-ocean/.
While we are busy with the developments of the SeaClear project, several media outlets have found our vision for cleaner waters appealing and have published stories about the project.
The SeaClear project has been featured on the website of the Bavarian Reseach Alliance (BayFOR):
https://www.bayfor.org/en/projects/projects-with-thematic-filter/seaclear.html
BayFOR is an organization with the aim of supporting Bavaria as a center for science and innovation within the European Research Area.
The second round of trials of the SEACLEAR system took place in the port of Hamburg between 10 and 12 of May 2022. The port of Hamburg is the second test site of the project, offering completely different conditions and challenges compared to the first test site in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Underwater visibility is considerably lower, often lower than a few centimetres, while there is heavy traffic present from commercial ships. This makes the use of vision cameras for detecting the litter unusable, with the only reliable detection alternative being sonar sensors.
During these trials we included the latest developed components of the SEACLEAR system, such as the LARS for the underwater robots, a more sturdy version of the gripping system, and the final version of the collection basket. You can get a feeling of these trials from our video and pictures below.
The event created a significant interest in the local media, and several news outlets visited the test sites to cover and report on our progress. Following the tests and media appearances, we discussed the current progress and future steps until the next meeting in Marseille, in September 2022.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 871295.
The SEACLEAR project spans four years, running from January 1st, 2020 to December 31st, 2023.