Marine Robotics Workshop
Abstract
Many of our country's vital interests, such as food and energy resources, strategic infrastructures, the protection of biodiversity, scientific research and technological development, are developed be-neath the surface of the sea, where an important part of the history of our civilisation is also kept. The underwater world, whose abysses are still largely unexplored and unknown, represents the new scene of contention, on a geopolitical, economic and strategic level. In this context, marine robotics is a cutting-edge technology that is indispensable for present and future challenges. The National Pole of the Underwater Dimension (PNS) was created as a response of the Country System to promote, facilitate and coordinate the cooperation of the different national excellences in the sector, in a synergic way. The Workshop aims to provide an up-to-date overview of current pro-jects and future stages of the PNS roadmap.