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Autonomous sampling

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Autonomous sampling

PML is working to progress the technological transition towards autonomous measurements and platforms to collect environmental and biological data using our fleet of autonomous ocean robots.

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Autonomy, technology and digitisation

Advances in marine technology can deliver economic benefits and improve the management, sustainability and governance of marine and coastal environments. Our scientists, modellers and technologists operate at the forefront of marine technology development.

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  Automated, in situ Plankton Imaging and Classification System (APICS)

  The Automated, in situ Plankton Imaging and Classification System (APICS) will radically improve the understanding of how environmental changes are affecting plankton, the microscopic organisms at the foundation of the marine food chain.
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  Combining Autonomous observations and Models for Predicting and Understanding Shelf seas

  CAMPUS is a three-year project (2018–2021), funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, combining state-of-the-art computer modelling with innovative observational systems utilising the latest technologies.
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  An Alternative Framework to Assess Marine Ecosystem Functioning in Shelf Seas (AlterEco)

  AlterEco aims to develop a new observational framework based upon the latest marine autonomous systems (MAS) to improve the spatio-temporal understanding of key shelf sea ecosystem drivers. This will be achieved through a sustained observational campaign in the North Sea, covering a 14 month period ...

02 July 2026

Parliamentarians take to our lab – and the seas – to discover how ocean research supports environmental decision-making 

Yesterday, a group of cross-party UK parliamentarians joined us in the laboratory and set sail aboard RV Plymouth Quest to gain practical, experience-based insight into the role of ocean science in addressing some of the world’s most p...

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  Innovation underwater: expanded testing environment supports UK marine autonomy

  A demo of Smart Sound Connect Subsurface w...

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  PML announces new Head of Group for Environmental Intelligence

  It was announced this week that

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  Satellites, ships and robotic floats: tracking ocean carbon more accurately

  PML researchers have developed a new approach to com...

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  £50 million investment to boost marine innovation and defence capability in Plymouth

  PML welcomes the UK Government’s announcement of a £50 million investment to accele...