Cellula Robotics Ltd. (Cellula) has successfully completed a Collaboration of Robotic Systems challenge under the IDEaS program with the Integrated Systems Laboratory at the University of Dalhousie.

The multi-domain marine robots were mobilized in March 2019 to test and tune the collaborative mission in the Aquatron pool facility in Halifax. This included Cellula’s Imotus hovering UUV and a surface and aerial drone from Dalhousie University. Successful imagery of different test targets from above and below the water surface were obtained and merged through post-processing. These tests were a progression from the completion of the first milestone in December, where simulations of the mission were run for a team of robots.

This multi-domain marine robot collaboration is an important enabling technology for improving safety in maritime interdiction operation capabilities within Canada. With the collaborative approach, above and below water imagery for items of interest can be autonomously gathered and relayed to a control station over the horizon.