The Maritime Grand Challenge.

Robots and other autonomous systems are increasingly being adopted in diverse fields – from health care and security to transport and manufacturing – as they become cheaper and smarter.

However, a significant gap exists between the current reality of robotic capabilities and real-world requirements. The MBZIRC Maritime Grand Challenge, was aimed on finding a practical solution to global maritime security challenges such as illegal fishing, piracy, smuggling and human trafficking.

It involved the developemnt of a heterogeneous collaboration among unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned surface vehicles to perform complex navigation and manipulation tasks in a GNSS- denied marine environment.

Modified descriptor extractor and high level architecture(right)

Code repository: Software stack(request access): https://github.com/MOONLABIISERB/MBZIRC2023