PortCastelló successfully hosts the first experimental underwater robotics test in the sea by UJI's CIRTESU



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## PortCastelló successfully hosts the first experimental underwater robotics test in the sea by UJI's CIRTESU

27/11/2024 |
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The Port Authority has made its resources available to the university for testing publicly funded projects.

The Port of Castelló has hosted the first experimental test carried out by the research team of the Centre for Research in Robotics and Underwater Technologies (CIRTESU) of the Universitat Jaume I, in which wireless communication between an underwater robot teleoperated up to 6.5 metres deep and another unit located on the surface has been successfully tested.

The Universitat Jaume I and PortCastelló signed a collaboration agreement last July in which the port authority has made its facilities available to the research centre, as a sandbox environment for experimental tests of the technology they are developing in different research projects financed with public funds. The agreement also facilitates the increase of the Technology Readiness Level, a measure that describes the state of maturity of a technology under development, and to face new challenges thanks to the access to the marine environment.

The testing took place in the afternoon and evening in a 20 m3 enclosed area on the official docking quay of the port of Castelló and used an underwater robot with an umbilical and two VLC optical wireless modems. Through the modems, the robot sent data to the control station set up on the quay with two laptops and tests were carried out on the bandwidth and delay of wireless communications at different distances.

The research team, led by researchers Raúl Marín and Pedro J. Sanz, from the IRS Lab - Interactive and Robotic Systems Research Group, integrated in the CIRTESU-UJI, thanked the facilities and collaboration of the personnel working in the port environment, from the R&D Department of the Port Authority to the State Security Forces and Corps, so that the experiment could be carried out.

The Port Authority emphasised, in the words of its president, Rubén Ibáñez, that this type of test "reinforces PortCastelló's commitment to collaborate actively with other institutions and to consolidate itself as an ideal enclave for developing technological prototypes and innovative projects in a real environment such as the port". He also pointed out that the collaborative spaces "promote scientific activity and technological development, which makes it possible to gain in competitiveness and create new opportunities to grow and generate employment".

**Photos and video courtesy of PortCastelló**

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