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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

Suspension

SPIRULA

SPiraling Intelligent Robotic Underwater monitoring pLAtform

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Suspension

Slider camera system

Camera module for seabed observation with underwater glider

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Latest news

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To retrieve samples in the form of sediment cores, the two worldwide unique seafloor drilling rigs MARUM-MeBo70 and MARUM-MeBo200 are used on expeditions. The photo was taken as part of the anniversary campaign "50 Reasons WHY" and shows maintenance work

Sep 3, 2021

50 Reasons WHY

 

In the context of its 50th anniversary, the University of Bremen presents 50 places in Bremen that represent the university. Under the motto “50 Reasons ...

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The MARUM-CTD (foreground), was deployed on the seafloor last year and connected to the box-like multi-plug box (background) of the OOI observatory. Photo: OOI/WHOI/NSF

Aug 12, 2021

Follow a live dive

Sonar devices developed at MARUM have been in use off the west coast of the USA for more than three years. They are part of the underwater observatory ...

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The illustration shows the operation of the station, the ice probe and the small autonomous submersible vehicle. With its help it will be possible to take samples from the ice-covered waters. Graphic: MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Unive

Feb 18, 2021

New joint project TRIPLE-MoDo

How can inaccessible places on the Earth, such as the deep sea, as well as those on other planets be investigated? Extreme goals present extreme challenges ...

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