Breaking the Surface (BtS), an international interdisciplinary field workshop on maritime robotics and its applications, organized by LAPOST – Laboratory for Underwater Systems and Technologies, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER) , University of Zagreb, will be held from September 24 to October 1, 2023. year in Kumbor in Montenegro.
Since 2009, BtS has been a meeting place for international experts, university teachers, scientists, industry representatives and students from various fields of marine robotics, underwater archaeology, marine biology, oceanography and marine ecology.
Since its first edition, BtS was held in Murter until 2013, then from 2014 to 2022 in Biograd na Moru, and this year it is being held outside Croatia for the first time in Kumbor, Montenegro, with the support of local organizers. University of Montenegro, Faculty of Electrical Engineering .
This workshop is a great opportunity for all participants who want to share and expand their knowledge in the field of marine robotics. You can find more details about the workshop on the official website of the Breaking the surface workshop.
At this year’s BtS, in addition to lectures on current topics in robotics, participants will have the opportunity to listen to presentations of projects financed with funds from the European Union program, whose partner organizations are also one of the organizers of the workshop. It is about the Monusen project , whose goal is to increase the research and innovation capabilities of the University of Montenegro (UoM) through cooperation with the University of Zagreb (UNIZG), the University of Newcastle (UNEW) andItalian National Research Center (CNR) , then the Marble project , in which an innovative joint master’s program dedicated to maritime robotics in the blue economy will be prepared through partnership, and the SeaTecHub project , through which it is intended to strengthen the innovation ecosystems of Croatia and Cyprus and improve cross-border cooperation between the two countries within the area eco-innovative technologies for healthy and productive seas.
This year, around 150 workshop participants from more than 20 different countries are expected, including students, scientists and entrepreneurs from the fields of robotics, maritime security, but also archaeology, biology, geology and other sciences that rely on the use of robots during maritime research. Representatives of the University of Denmark , the Italian National Research Center (CNR) , the Swedish Research Institute , the University of Calabria , Blue Ocean Gear and many others will share their experiences and knowledge through lectures and demonstrations , and students will be able to present their projects to workshop participants, including representatives of various industries, financiers and scientists.