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14 February 2017
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Scientific Director of the Robotics Campus Pere Ridao is the director of the Institute of Computer Vision and Robotics Research (ViCOROB), the director of the Underwater Robotics Research Centre (CIRS) at the University of Girona (UdG), and co-founder of Iqua Robotics SL, which is dedicated to the manufacture of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV).He is currently a member of the Spanish chapter of the IEEE RAS. He chaired the Technical Committee for Marine Systems of IFAC (2014-2017) and coordinated the Spanish network on ‘Robotics and Automation for the Marine Industry’ (AUTOMAR 2011-2015).Dr Ridao's research activity focuses on the design and development of autonomous underwater vehicles for cartography and intervention.During his career, he has participated in several international research projects (TRIDENT, MORPH, PANDORA, EUMR, IAUV-CONTROL, SUNRISE/LOON-DOCK, EUROFLEETS, CALDERA), international research networks (FREESUBNET, MOMARNET, ROBOACADEMY, STRONGMAR, and EXCELLABUST), national research projects (AIRSUB, RAUVI, TRITON, MERBOTS, TWINBOT), and technology transfer projects (OPTIMAX, INSPECSUB, SOUNDTILES, ROBOTTNET-L3S).
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