Satellites and mobile phones, built on international standards, help the world get connected. But the communications technology we use on land does not work well underwater. As water covers over 70 percent of the earth's surface, NATO has sponsored research into establishing the first ever digital underwater communications standard.
The NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) located in La Spezia, Italy, has developed a standard for underwater acoustic communications called JANUS, which has now been recognized as a NATO standard by all NATO Allies. This marks the first time ever for a digital underwater communication protocol to be acknowledged at international level and opens the way to develop many exciting underwater communication applications.
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BROLL 1
1. (00:00) UNDERWATER ROBOTS BEING DEPLOYED DURING TESTS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION FP7 MORPH PROJECT ON WHICH CMRE COLLABORATED. B-roll credit: EC FP7 MORPH PROJECT.
2. (00:34) Behaviour and capabilities of teams of intelligent underwater robots depend on their capacity to communicate with each other using acoustic signals and to dynamically adapt their missions, without human intervention. However, underwater communication is challenging and until now there was no unique way to do it. SOLUTIONS WERE PUT AT TEST DURING THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION FP7 MORPH PROJECT ON WHICH CMRE COLLABORATED. IN THE B-ROLL, EXPERIMENTATION OF NETWORKS OF HETEROGENEOUS UNDERWATER ROBOTS IN THE AZORES ISLANDS, PORTUGAL, AND IN GIRONA, SPAIN. B-roll credit: EC FP7 MORPH PROJECT.
3. (02:12) CMRE ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATIONS MONITORING STATION DEPLOYED DURING ONE OF THE EC FP7 MORPH PROJECT SEA TRIALS TO SUPPORT TESTS OF UNDERWATER NETWORKS OF ROBOTS. THE TRIPOD IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONES FORMING THE CMRE LITTORAL OCEAN OBSERVATORY NETWORK (LOON) TEST BED. B-roll credit: EC FP7 MORPH PROJECT.
4. (2:21) SEE BULLET N.2.
BROLL 2
1. (00:00) TESTS OF JANUS AT SEA HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED IN THE LAST YEARS BY CMRE ON BOARD THE NATO RESEARCH VESSEL ALLIANCE
2. (00:16) Experimentation includes tests with autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), and the development of new solutions to empower networks of robots and enable full interoperability among underwater assets. ONE OF THE CMRE UNDERWATER ROBOTS: THE MUSCLE AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE.
3. (00:47) CMRE SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS AT WORK IN THE MAIN LABORATORY ON BOARD THE NATO RESEARCH VESSEL ALLIANCE.
4. (00:58) ACTIVITIES AT SEA ON BOARD THE NATO RESEARCH VESSEL ALLIANCE. THE SHIP, COLLECTIVELY OWNED BY THE NATO NATIONS, IS CURRENTLY OPERATED BY THE ITALIAN NAVY.
5. (01:01) CMRE SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS AT WORK IN THE MAIN LABORATORY ON BOARD THE NATO RESEARCH VESSEL ALLIANCE.
6. (01:06) ACTIVITIES AT SEA ON BOARD THE NATO RESEARCH VESSEL ALLIANCE. THE SHIP, COLLECTIVELY OWNED BY THE NATO NATIONS, IS CURRENTLY OPERATED BY THE ITALIAN NAVY.
7. (01:08) Experimentation includes tests with autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), and the development of new solutions to empower networks of robots and enable full interoperability among underwater assets. ONE OF THE CMRE UNDERWATER ROBOTS: THE MUSCLE AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE.
8. (01:19) ACTIVITIES AT SEA ON BOARD THE NATO RESEARCH VESSEL ALLIANCE. THE SHIP, COLLECTIVELY OWNED BY THE NATO NATIONS, IS CURRENTLY OPERATED BY THE ITALIAN NAVY.
9. (01:33) Experimentation includes tests with autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), and the development of new solutions to empower networks of robots and enable full interoperability among underwater assets. ANOTHER ONE OF THE CMRE UNDERWATER ROBOTS: THE OCEAN EXPLORER AUV BEING DEPLOYED FROM THE NATO RESEARCH VESSEL ALLIANCE DURING A NATO EXERCISE.
10. (01:54) CMRE SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS AT WORK IN THE MAIN LABORATORY ON BOARD THE NATO RESEARCH VESSEL ALLIANCE.
11. (02:04) FOLLOWING THE OCEAN EXPLORER AUV’S MISSION ON BOARD THE NATO RESEARCH VESSEL ALLIANCE DURING A NATO EXERCISE.
BROLL 3
1. (00:00) Tests of JANUS were conducted using the CMRE Littoral Ocean Observatory Network (LOON), a test bed made by acoustic tripods forming an underwater acoustic network, ideal for low-cost experimentation of underwater communication schemes. ONE OF THE LOON TRIPODS BEFORE DEPLOYMENT.
2. (00:13) ENGINEER AT WORK ON LOON ELECTRONICS.
3. (00:25) DEPLOYMENT OF ONE OF THE LOON TRIPODS FROM THE COASTAL RESEARCH VESSEL LEONARDO (THE SMALLER OF CMRE’S SHIPS).
4. (01:02) THE LOON AS IT IS NOW, UNDERWATER, COLONISED BY MARINE LIFE AND OPERATIVE.
5. (01:22) Close collaboration with NATO Allies has been particularly fruitful in developing JANUS for use in cases that may improve the safety of maritime operations For example, the Portuguese Navy has been working with CMRE to develop new concepts to support the exchange of crucial information with submarines (typically only available at the surface via radio) such as the location of nearby ships. THE PORTUGUESE SUBMARINE INVOLVED IN UNDERWATER COMMUNICATIONS EXPERIMENTATION WITH CMRE.
6. (01:28) AN AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE (BELONGING TO THE PORTUGUESE NAVY) IS ABOUT TO START ITS MISSION.
7. (01:40) Behaviour and capabilities of teams of intelligent underwater robots depend on their capacity to communicate with each other using acoustic signals and to dynamically adapt their missions, without human intervention. However, underwater communication is challenging and until now there was no unique way to do it. SOLUTIONS WERE PUT AT TEST DURING THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION FP7 MORPH PROJECT ON WHICH CMRE COLLABORATED. IN THE B-ROLL, EXPERIMENTATION OF NETWORKS OF HETEROGENEOUS UNDERWATER ROBOTS IN THE AZORES ISLANDS, PORTUGAL. IN THE BROLL ROBOTS NAVIGATING IN FORMATION USING ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATIONS. B-roll credit: EC FP7 MORPH PROJECT.
8. (02:02) UNDERWATER ROBOTS BEING DEPLOYED/RECOVERED DURING TESTS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION FP7 MORPH PROJECT ON WHICH CMRE COLLABORATED; SCIENTISTS AT WORK . B-roll credit: EC FP7 MORPH PROJECT.
9. (02:25) SEE BULLET N.7.
10. (02:40) DEPLOYMENT OF A GLIDER ROBOT FROM THE NATO RESEARCH VESSEL ALLIANCE’S WORKBOAT. GLIDERS ARE AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES WITHOUT PROPULSION THAT USE SHIFTS IN MASS TO STEER AND CHANGES IN BUOYANCY TO DIVE AND SURFACE; THEY ARE GENERALLY USED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING.
11. (02:57) UNDERWATER ROBOTS SUPPORT NAVY OPERATIONS. THAT IS WHAT A REMUS AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE SEES WHEN IT STARTS ITS MISSION.
12. (03:02) SEE BULLET N.7.
BROLL 4
1. (00:00) EXAMPLE OF AN UNDERWATER ROBOT AUTONOMOUS BEHAVIOUR CAPABILITY (TRACKS OF).
2. (01:13) MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF UNDERWATER ROBOTICS
3. (01:34) MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF UNDERWATER COMMUNICATIONS BETWENN GLIDER AND NAVAL UNITS.
4. (1:49) MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF UNDERWATER ROBOTICS.
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