The escape of small smolt through farm cage netting is a major challenge faced by the Norwegian salmon farming industry. Escape can occur when the smolt placed in the cages are smaller than the size estimated by the farmers. Furthermore, one may assume wrong mesh-properties as the cage netting...

Selv om fiskeri- og havbruksnæringene er anerkjent som viktige bidragsytere til den globale produksjonen av sjømat, er de imidlertid også kjent for å ha større HMS-utfordringer og jobbrelaterte skader enn andre industrisegmenter. En økning av automasjonsnivået i gjennomføringen av...

Fisheries and fish farming are important global contributors to the production of seafood for human consumption. These industries are also known for substantially higher HSE risks and work-related injury frequencies which implies that increasing the automation level of high-risk operations within...

The ARTIFEX project aims at developing robots for remote and/or autonomous inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) operations at fish farms. An unmanned surface vehicle (USV) is used as a platform for carrying a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) for underwater operations and a remotely piloted...