Smart Sound Plymouth to deploy autonomous fleet

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An autonomous marine fleet is headed for the Plymouth coast as part of Smart Sound Plymouth, led by Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML).

Smart Sound Plymouth is a platform created for developing high-tech products and services for the marine sector. It is delivered by a range of partners from the Future Autonomous at Sea Technologies (FAST) Cluster, which includes members across industry, academia and government. The area stretches over 1000km2 of ocean and is home to the Western Channel Observatory.

With support from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), an 8.5-metre-tall Autonomous Data Buoy will be deployed by PML to deliver high-resolution data to scientists working on the Western Channel Observatory through its autonomous water column profiling system. 

PML said that where previous buoy systems only measured in surface waters, the new profiled datasets will deliver an ‘unprecedented understanding’ of the area and its marine ecosystem. The platform was built by Mobilis and provided through Hydrosphere UK.

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