On Friday, September 26, the Student Dormitory in Dubrovnik hosted the European Researchers’ Night – Blue-Connect 2.0, an event that, from 5 PM to 10 PM, attracted a large number of children, young people, families, and curious visitors. The event also featured representatives of LARIAT:✨ Dinka Lale at the booth “Drops from the Depths of…

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From 16 to 18 September 2025, a public demonstration of the SeaClear2.0 robotic system was held in Marseille, showcasing an innovative solution for detecting and removing marine litter from the seafloor. The demonstration was organized by Subsea Tech, a project partner and leading company in marine and underwater technologies, with participation from project partners including…

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The Laboratory for Autonomous Intelligent Systems (LARIAT) of the University of Dubrovnik took part in the third edition of the Mediterranean Machine Learning (M2L) Summer School, held in Split from 8 to 12 September 2025 and organized by the AI Education Foundation and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (FESB), University…

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As part of the EU Horizon project One Blue, researchers have successfully completed the sixth of nine planned field sampling campaigns that are being conducted along coastal areas from the Arctic to the Mediterranean. The host institution for this round of sampling was Laboratory for Intelligent Autonomous Systems (LARIAT) at the University of Dubrovnik, with…

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LARIAT took part in the exciting launch of the 𝑈𝐼𝑀 𝐸1 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 – 𝐸1 𝐷𝑢𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑛𝑖𝑘 𝐺𝑃 2025, a global event celebrating innovation and sustainability in marine mobility! ✨ 📅 On Friday, June 13, at Banje Beach, LARIAT presented 🐝 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐬 – unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) designed to collect floating litter as part of SeaClear…

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Trondheim, Norway – June 4–5, 2025 – Ivana Palunko, representing LARIAT-UNIDU, took part as a project presenter at the 11th Workshop on EU-funded Marine Robotics and Applications (EMRA 2025), held at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. This year’s EMRA conference brought together leading experts, researchers, industry stakeholders, and end users…

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The project “𝘙𝑜𝘣𝑜𝘵𝑠 𝑜𝘯 𝘛𝑜𝘶𝑟 𝐴𝘤𝑟𝘰𝑠𝘴 𝘵ℎ𝘦 𝘊𝑜𝘶𝑛𝘵𝑦” (𝑆 𝑟𝘰𝑏𝘰𝑡𝘪𝑚𝘢 𝘶 đ𝑖𝘳𝑢 𝑝𝘰 ž𝑢𝘱𝑎𝘯𝑖𝘫𝑖) made another exciting stop – this time in 𝐂𝐚𝐯𝐭𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥, where tech magic met young curious minds! Organized by the Community of Technical Culture of Dubrovnik-Neretva County in collaboration with the Zajednica Tehničke Kulture Dubrovnik, the project rolled into action…

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From May 12th to 21st, 2025, the SeaClear 2.0 consortium conducted a comprehensive series of internal pilot tests in Hamburg, Germany, culminating in the 1st Live Showcase of the SeaClear 2.0 robotic system on May 22nd at the Hamburg Port Authority. During these ten days, experts and technical teams from the consortium – including representatives…

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We’re thrilled to share that LARIAT’s Vicko Prkačin has published a research paper titled “𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒗𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑵𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑴𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒍 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍” in the prestigious journal Control Engineering Practice – ranked Q1 in Controls and Systems Engineering! 𝘞ℎ𝘢𝑡’𝑠 𝑖𝘵 𝘢𝑏𝘰𝑢𝘵? The paper tackles the control of tethered UAVs…

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