Research

The Centre for Underwater Robotics (CIRS) at the University of Girona focuses on advancing autonomous underwater vehicles and sensor technologies for marine exploration and monitoring. With state-of-the-art facilities and expertise in visual and acoustic data processing, CIRS drives innovation in underwater robotics, contributing to environmental sustainability, scientific discovery, and the blue economy.

Research labs

Underwater Vision

The main research in underwater vision focuses on developing image processing tools, taking into account the effects of the underwater environment, to obtain the maximum level of information from underwater images. Systems are designed for constructing georeferenced maps of the seabed. This area includes developing immersive systems for the acquisition, processing, and visualization of 360-degree video and real-time vision applications for robot navigation. Specific deep neural network architectures are developed for seafloor image classification by both sonar and optical imaging. Recently, research is being conducted on neuromorphic architectures to create bio-inspired models for image interpretation.