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Intelligent buoy system developed by SARTI-UPC awarded USECIM Silver Award to improve beach safety

Intelligent buoy system developed by SARTI-UPC awarded USECIM Silver Award to improve beach safety

Published on 2026-04-20
Last month, the Directorate General for Civil Protection of the Government of Catalonia has been awarded the USECIM Silver Award at the 6th edition of the USECIM Awards for the project

Published on 2026-04-14
The SARTI research group at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya has recently incorporated a new semi-rigid vessel (RIB), Mar de Caroba, which will support both marine research activities and practical training for students of the Degree in Marine Sciences and Technology.

Published on 2026-03-12
Researchers from the SARTI research group at the UPC participated in a career-orientation event organized by Institut Lluch i Rafecas, aimed at bringing vocational training students closer to the professional reality of the maritime sector.

Published on 2026-03-03
The TerraTwin project officially started with its Kick-Off Meeting held in Athens, Greece. Representatives from 14 partner organisations across 10 European countries met for two days of strategic plannin

Published on 2026-01-28
On January 21st, the Facultat de Nàutica de Barcelona (UPC) hosted the kick-off meetings of two strategic marine research projects: SMART-ME and AI4SEA, both with a strong involvement of the SARTI-UPC research group.

Published on 2026-01-21
OBSEA’s daily operations and long-term scientific activities are made possible through an exceptional collaboration between OBSEA, IFCA and EGI. The long-standing collaboration developed through multiple initiatives

Published on 2025-12-12
SARTI–UPC has successfully completed its latest oceanographic campaign aboard the R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa, marking the final field operation of the year within the framework of the BITER and LIFE ECO-REST projects.

Published on 2026-01-22
A group of students from the Master’s Degree in Acoustics at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) took part in a training visit to the OBSEA underwater observatory operated by the SARTI research group of the UPC.

Published on 2025-11-24
On Wednesday, November 19th, we successfully carried out the first field test of the resident benthic crawler Rossia

Published on 2025-11-21
The UPC in Vilanova i la Geltrú has hosted this week the annual meeting and General Assembly of the GEORGE project, funded by the Horizon Europe programme.

Published on 2025-11-04
From 28 to 30 October 2025, the DEEP Discovery Days took place at the UPC Vilanova i la Geltrú Campus (EPSEVG), as part of the Erasmus+ DEEP Discovery project.

Published on 2025-10-20
The SARTI Group at the UPC takes part in the national project SMART-ME (Smart Monitoring of Marine Ecosystems), an initiative aimed at promoting the restoration of exploited Mediterranean seafloors

Published on 2026-02-02
Between June 16 and 19, the OCEANS 2025 Conference took place in Brest, France. OCEANS is a major international forum for scientists, engineers, and end users, where the latest research result

Published on 2025-07-29
A recent study published in Science of the Total Environment reveals that fish biodiversity and abundance along the coast of Vilanova i la Geltrú have declined significantly over the past decade.

Published on 2025-07-15
This week marks the start of a campaign to monitor the seafloor using robotic platforms and state-of-the-art sensors. The goal is to collect high-resolution environmental and biological

Published on 2025-07-02
During the week of 16 June, a team of researchers from BRNO University of Technology, led by Professor Zdeněk Hadaš, visited the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

Published on 2025-07-02
Between June 16 and 19, the OCEANS 2025 Conference took place in Brest, France. OCEANS is a major international forum for scientists, engineers, and end-users to present and discuss the latest research results...

Published on 2025-04-01
Researcher Vicente Parisi, from the SARTI group, has led the development of an innovative biometric measurement system for the swordfish fishery, now operational on board the Nuevo Tío Juan vessel from the CARBOPESCA fleet.

Published on 2024-12-04
Matias Carandell Widmer, researcher at the Department of Electronic Engineering and the SARTI research group at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), has received a Leonardo grant from the BBVA Foundation

Published on 2024-02-20
Don't miss this video!! The ANERIS project introductory video available now on the ANERIS YouTube channel.

Published on 2024-01-25
ANB Sensors has developed a cost-effective, smart, self-calibrating, and low-maintenance pH sensor suitable for various sensing platforms, including ocean monitoring. ANB has introduced a new prototype

Published on 2024-01-19
The work conducted by EMSO has been highlighted at the NATO Advanced Training Course in Agadir, Morocco, thanks to presentations by representatives from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

Published on 2024-01-10
From December 4 to December 22, the second BITER oceanographic campaign took place aboard the RV Sarmiento de Gamboa. The primary aim of this expedition was to assess the restoration status of marine reserves.

Published on 2023-08-03
The SARTI group of the UPC and the company RocRoi collaborate to apply IoT technologies to the safety and control of recreational boating activities.

Published on 2023-08-02
The week of July 24-28, 2023, took place the first campaign at sea, more specifically in the Cala del Vigatà in Sant Feliu de Guixols, where several of the project partners, in this case UdG, UPM, Iqua and UPC

Published on 2023-08-02
Last June 19-20, 2023 took place the Marine Technology Workshop, http://martech-workshop.org/, at the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) in Castelló, an event co-organized by CIRTESU and the SARTI group of the UPC.

Published on 2023-02-14
On February 13, MARUM researchers from the University of Bremen have started testing sensors for underwater vehicles at the OBSEA facility under the EMSO ERIC physical Access 2022 call.

Published on 2022-10-19
A new seafloor cable from Obsea to shore has been installed. Thanks to the collaboration of @utm_csic , research vessel Garcia del Cid and its crew.

Published on 2022-01-12
The MINKE project opens the first application period for access to maritime calibration laboratories.

Published on 2021-11-12
Unable to pass up an opportunity like this, SARTI colleagues were in La Palma last week of the campaign.

Published on 2021-10-25
Enoc Martínez, Daniel Mihai Toma and Joaquín del Río, members of SARTI, gave in the first edition of the EMSO Time Series Conference (EMSO TSC), the training Requirements and methods for the production of time series of ocean noise

Published on 2021-09-27
On 21 and 22 September, from OBSEA-UPC we participated in the 1st meeting of the Spanish Monitoring Network in Mallorca, organized by IMEDEA colleagues.

Published on 2021-09-23
The aim of this project is to expand existing knowledge about marine noise and assess the feasibility of incorporating electric propulsion in small fishing vessels

Published on 2021-06-22
The ninth edition of the Martech 2021 marine technology workshop took place from 16 to 18 June.

Published on 2021-06-22
Although the project had to stop its activity in March due to the pandemic, tests carried out in the last quarter of 2020 and virtual meetings to share results have allow

Published on 2021-06-22
On December 19, a dead dolphin of the species Stenella coeruleoalba, one of the most common in the Mediterranean Sea, was found on the beach of s’Abanell (Blanes,

Published on 2021-06-22
The journal Science Robotics publishes an article led by Dr. Ivan Masmitja, postdoctoral researcher in the SARTI group, explains how a new study by the ICM-CSIC, the UPC and the UdG reveals that

Published on 2021-06-22
On November 12, the SARTI group participating in the MELOA project carried out the second test campaign on

Published on 2024-05-17
Matias Carandell, PhD researcher at SARTI group (UPC), has been distinguished with the second prize of the Student Poster Competition of the IEEE Oceans Global Congress organized by the IEEE Oceani