Underwater Technologies

develop & apply

MARUM has set itself the goal of gaining fundamental scientific knowledge about the ocean and the seabed in the interests of society and a healthy marine environment. We are driven by this commitment and the increasingly complex questions that need to be answered. To help answer these questions, we are constantly working to improve our operational systems. In order to be prepared for the developments and questions of tomorrow, we are already researching new and sustainable technologies and methods today to better observe, sample and monitor our oceans now and in the future.

Specific questions that arise are:

How can we develop sustainable observation technologies from the sea surface to the deep sea?
How can we enable persistent, robust and autonomous monitoring of dynamic processes?
Which new technologies in the areas of sensor technology, sampling and data processing need to be adapted or newly developed?

To answer these questions, we develop and test new robotic systems from scratch or adapt existing systems for a specific use.

Working groups involved

Visualization of a hydrodynamic analysis of a new autonomous underwater vehicle. (Copyright P.Riesen/MARUM) — Visualization of a hydrodynamic analysis of a new autonomous underwater vehicle. ( P. Riesen/MARUM)

Selection of current research projects

SPIRULA

SPiraling Intelligent Robotic Underwater monitoring pLAtform

Slider camera system

Camera module for seabed observation with underwater glider

Latest news

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The MARIA S. MERIAN in the harbor of St. Johns, Canada. From here, expedition MSM 119 departs for the Reykjanes Ridge.

Jul 7, 2023

Expedition to the southern Reykjanes Ridge

The MARUM expedition MSM 119 will depart from St. John's, Canada, on July 8. Destination is the southern Reykjanes Ridge in the middle of the Atlantic ...

Jun 12, 2023

Open Worlds - Share Knowledge: OPEN CAMPUS at the University of Bremen

The University of Bremen invites you to OPEN CAMPUS on Friday, June 23, and Saturday, June 24, 2023. After open-air concerts on Friday evening, OPEN CAMPUS ...

The new, remote-controlled diving robot MARUM-QUEST 5000 is now standing in MARUM's Workshop II. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; V. Diekamp

Jun 5, 2023

MARUM strengthens deep-sea research with new diving robot

The wait is over - the new remotely operated vehicle (ROV) MARUM-QUEST 5000 has now been delivered. Since the beginning of June, it can be found in MARUM's ...

The research vessel MARIA S. MERIAN in the harbor basin of Montevideo. (Photo: H. Pälike)

Apr 3, 2023

3.4.2023 Logbook MSM116

The German research vessel MARIAS. MERIAN will set sail from Montevideo, Uruguay, on April 3, 2023, and begin the MSM116 expedition. The destination of the ...