Demonstration of long-endurance intelligent multi-purpose autonomous vehicles for marine applications

Project Information

MERLIN

Grant agreement ID: 101189796

DOI

10.3030/101189796

EC signature date 29 October 2024

Start date 1 November 2024

End date 31 October 2028

Funded under

• Digital, Industry and Space

Total cost

€ 7 946 786,25

EU contribution

€ 7 946 786,25

Coordinated by

THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
United Kingdom

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (2)

Interim dissemination and communication of project results

Interim report on dissemination and communication of key project results foreseen in T10.1.

Mission definition and operational requirements

Report on missions defined and operational requirements as specified in T2.1.

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (2)

Quality assurance mechanisms at the edge

This report will focus the advanced data management system implemented for processing multiparametric real-time and archived data as foreseen in T6.1.

AUVs sensor package, power pack and telecommunications

Prototype power packs for the AUVs, selection of sensor package and telecommunications systems as foreseen in T4.2

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (2)

Life cycle cost analysis of unmanned surface vehicle from ENDURUNS and MERLIN projects powered by renewable energies: A real case study

Author(s): Isaac Segovia Ramírez, Fausto Pedro García Márquez, Pedro José Bernalte Sánchez, Mayorkinos Papaelias
Published in: Renewable Energy, Issue 248, 2025, ISSN 0960-1481
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.RENENE.2025.123083

A Policy-Driven Design of Energy-Autonomous Intelligent Observatories for Marine Biodiversity Monitoring

Author(s): Jacopo Aguzzi, Elias Chatzidouros, Giuseppa Buscaino, Damianos Chatzievangelou, Giacomo Picardi, Christine Seonock Woo, Fausto P. García Márquez, Paula Espina, Marco Francescangeli, Michele Ferrari, Daniele D’Agostino, Simone Marini, Nixon Bahamon, Daniel Mihai Toma, Matias Carandell, Frederik Veger, Joaquin del Rio, Joan B. Company, Enoc Martinez, Marzia Cianflone, Luca Cicala, Simonetta Fraschetti, Silvia Gallegati, Fabiola M. Cecchini, Roberto Danovaro, Sanaz Roshanmanesh, Vincenzo Brachetta, Matthew Gee, Farzad Hayati, Dimitris Liarokapis, Georgios Katsaounis, Gregory Grigoropoulos, Mayorkinos Papaelias
Published in: Engineering, 2026, ISSN 2095-8099
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ENG.2026.07.007

Conference proceedings (1)

Development and demonstration of autonomous marine robotic platforms for long-term surface and underwater operations - The ENDURUNS and MERLIN projects

Author(s): M. Papaelias
Published in: 8th International Conference on Maritime Technology and Engineering – MARTECH 2026, 2026
Publisher: CRC Press