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Robotic fish to enable effective coastal kaitiakitanga: information is power
- Contract value (GST excl): $999,999
- Contract term: 3 years
- Contract start date: 1 October 2022
- Funding awarded in: 2022
- Science Leader(s): Philip Solaris
Public statement
Coastal ecosystems are valuable, ecologically, economically and culturally. However, coastal zones worldwide are under threat from ocean warming, acidification, sedimentation, coastal development, over-fishing, and pollution. This project will develop new engineering technology to create prototype free-swimming (untethered) “robot-fish” that swim using artificial muscles and have video cameras. We intent for these “underwater drones” to ultimately be able to operate automatically for days or months at a time gathering information on coastal habitats, fish and shellfish. This new information will enable coastal kaitiaki to balance wealth creation with stewardship and protection of Aotearoa New Zealand’s precious coastline. The research is led by environmental seacraft company X-Craft, and involves NIWA, and three world-leading NZ research-engineering groups: Biomimetics Laboratory (Auckland University, artificial muscles), the Sustainable Energy Systems team (Victoria University Wellington, high-voltage rechargeable micro-power systems) and Auckland University of Technology (Artificial Intelligence).