Smart AUVs for detection and quantification of greenhouse gas seepage in the oceans

Monitoring and documenting such seepage using current technology is challenging and, in many cases, economically prohibitive. Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have excellent marine monitoring capabilities, but currently lack the ability to use sensor input in real-time for optimized mapping of emissions. SmartAUVs will dramatically improve the monitoring capabilities of AUVs, by applying artificial intelligence (AI) in concert with specialized signal processing techniques to enable AUV decision autonomy.