Project

The ocean covers over 70% surface of the earth, however, we have to say that so far human being knows still very little under these waters, although we believe there should be plenty of resources we could adopt if we could find out some safe and cost-effective technology to do so. Subsea robotics has been helping human beings to extend their capabilities in recent decades, thanks to the rapid technology development. Subsea robots can commit difficult and/or dangerous tasks beyond human's natural capability, such as deepwater sea floor scanning, oil & gas exploitation and exploration, subsea pipeline installation and inspection, as well as handling some catastrophic disasters.

The proposed equipment can certainly provide us with a solid and professional subsea robotic platform, not only to verify our so-far obtained results, but also to inspire new thinking and ideas, as well as to provide relevant industries a lab-sized testing robot protocol.

This Bubble Project aims to assess the feasibility of revamping offshore oil and gas infrastructures transforming them into units producing methane from wind power.

The project addresses the vital issue of how the oceans can be used sustainably and governed more effectively. The centre of analysis are 3 linked case studies that explore infrastructural flows for effective oceanic governance: maritime shipping routes, undersea cables and marine oil spills.