AUR-Lab Day is a working session centred on ongoing field-based autonomy, infrastructure development, and operational use of marine robotic systems.

Time: Thursday 28 may 2026, 09:00-14:30
Place: T1 or T2, Campus Tyholt (Mazemap)
Cost: Free
Lunch: Yes, for pre-registered guests
Target group: Intended for researchers and engineers working with marine science, autonomy, sensing, and marine operations.

Registration here

The programme focuses on collaboration and project on the interface between engineering research and marine science including autonomous observation systems, persistent and mission-critical deployments, but also operational experiences such as subsea cable operations in the Baltic or complex recovery work with Norwegian authorities.

Research directions presented include:

• risk-aware autonomy and decision-making under operational constraints in ERC
• use of autonomous systems in marine archaeology and subsea inspection in ERC
• multi-platform sensing and ecosystem mapping using coordinated robotic systems
• integration of vehicles, subsea infrastructure, and data pipelines in active field deployments

In parallel, the development of Fjordlab, currently the largest European investment in this type of marine robotics infrastructure, will be presented with emphasis on how it will be made accessible for research and collaboration.

The aim is to expose:

• what currently works in field deployments
• where systems fail under operational pressure
• how existing and upcoming infrastructure can be used in ongoing projects

Programme

09:00-09:20  
AUR-Lab 2026 – Welcome and introduction
Martin Ludvigsen, Professor and Scientific manager AUR-Lab

09:20-09:35  
Risk aware marine autonomy
Ingrid Utne, Professor NTNU IMT

09:35-09:50  
Mjøsa USV campaign
Christian Malmquist, Geomathics Engineer / Hydrographer, Kartverket

09:50-10:05    
On corals and mapping in Trondheimsfjorden
Johanna Järnegren, Senior Researcher NINA - Norwegian Institute for Nature Research

10:05-10:20   
From Sensors to Systems: Using High-Frequency Data to Understand Marine Ecosystems
Glaucia Fragoso, Research Scientist SINTEF Ocean

10:20-10:40    Coffee break

10:40-10:55
AUR-Lab Alumni - building a company for underwater robotics
Trygve Fossum, CEO Skarv

10:55-11:10
Arctic Ocean 2050
Asgeir J. Sørensen, Professor NTNU IMT

11:10-11:25
Mission Mjøsa, work and plans on other projects - how to use AUR-Lab
Øyvind Ødegård, Senior Researcher Marine Archeology, NTNU University Museum

11:25-12:30  Lunch at Tyholt

12:30-13:15
7-8 PhD project presentations 
TBA

13:15 -13:30
Latest projects in AUR-Lab. How to engage with us
Antonio Vasilijevic, Senior Advisor NTNU AUR-Lab

13:30-13:45
Discussion: AUR-Lab in the future
TBD 

Wrap up

Welcome!