IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is the original builder’s half ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Half hull ship models were carved by ...

Ships come in many shapes and sizes—including ones that fit in bottles. No one knows this better than Jim Goodwin, a retired geologist who for 25 years has been perfecting the maritime tradition of ...

This is the goal of a EU-funded project called HISMAR (Hull Identification System for Marine Autonomous Robotics). European researchers and engineers are working on an automated robotic cleaning ...

Figure 1: UV-C prototype kept clean from biofouling in the harbor of Melbourne (Australia). On the left a benchmark silicone panel is located without UV-C, which is completely bio-fouled (courtesy to ...

Researchers have designed algorithms that vastly improve underwater robots' navigation and feature-detecting capabilities. For years, the U.S. Navy has employed human divers, equipped with sonar ...