Research project

Scalable seagrass mapping using deep learning (GRASSMAP)

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Professor Blair Thornton
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Project overview

Awarded 7 days of ship time onboard RV Socib under EUROFLEETSPlus SEA Programme Call "REGIONAL"

Staff

Other researchers

Professor Blair Thornton

Professor of Marine Autonomy

Research interests

seafloor 3D visual reconstruction: development of deep-sea imaging hardware and processing pipelines for calibration, localisation and 3D mapping of the seafloor with full-field uncertainty characterisation
automated interpretation of data: development of AI methods for rapid scalable interpretation of seafloor imagery
robotics: development of low-cost, long endurance seafloor imaging floats and highly intelligent and manoeuvrable robotic imaging platform for visual survey of complex environments

Connect with Blair

Email: B.Thornton@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Assessing benthic marine habitats colonized with posidonia oceanica using autonomous marine robots and deep learning

Miquel Massot-Campos, Francisco Bonin-Font, Eric Guerrero-Font, Antoni Martorell-Torres, Miguel Martin Abadal, Caterina Muntaner-Gonzalez, Bo Miquel Nordfeldt-Fiol, Gabriel Oliver-Codina, Jose Cappelletto & Blair Thornton, 2023, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 291

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108438

Type: article