OGS autonomous underwater systems include advanced robotic vehicles for the exploration and monitoring of the sea and seabed in both coastal and deep-sea environments.

These autonomous and remotely operated vehicles enable high-resolution observations in areas that are difficult to access.

Objectives:

• study seabed environments and oceanographic and geophysical processes;
• monitor gas emissions and climate-related changes;
• support environmental observations and subsurface marine characterization.

Instrumentation: autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) operating down to 3000 m depth, with autonomous or guided navigation, multibeam sonar, side scan sonar, and environmental sensors; remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and modular integrated systems.

Data management: OGS acquires high-resolution data for research and monitoring purposes, making them available to the scientific community and integrating them into national and international marine observation infrastructures.