During the 57 months, the consortium executed all duties according to the technical annex.
All deliverables up to M57 were submitted either in-time or with an acceptable level of delay.
The consortium carried out successfully the demonstration activities envisaged in WP8 as described in the technical annex. A major success achieved within ENDURUNS was the exhibition of the two complete vehicles, AUV glider and USV, in the major event of Salone Nautico Venezia 2023 between end of May and start of June 2023, including the participation of the consortium in the joint workshop hosted by CNR-ISMAR in parallel to the exhibition. The delegates of the workshop also had the opportunity to see the two vehicles from up close and examine their key characteristics. The participation at Salone Nautico Venezia 2023 was a venue where thousands of people attended the event every day, enabling the consortium to disseminate the project activities to the general public as well as key stakeholders including, policy makers and public authorities, such as the Italian Coastguard. Further dissemination coverage of the project was achieved through the invitation of Archipelagos.gr which also generated a number of videos from the exhibition of the two vehicles, the joint workshop, as well as their presentation including their functionalities and key characteristics. Furthermore, demonstration activities followed directly after the exhibition at Salone Nautico Venezia 2023 in the Venice Lagoon giving a further boost to the visibility of the research activities carried out within the ENDURUNS project. Demonstration actions took place under actual operating conditions at various parts of the Venice Lagoon, including the world-renowned Modulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico (MOSE), at Punta Sabbioni, and during the second stage of the demonstration in the Northern Adriatic Sea. Mission operations included seabed mapping, environmental observations of flora and fauna and infrastructure inspection (e.g. the MOSE superstructure). The final demonstration activities were carried out at the Port of Klaipeda, which included again seabed mapping using the multibeam, infrastructure inspection and environmental observations using the optical camera. There was an intention to also carry out multibeam measurements and optical inspection of a World War Soviet Navy shipwreck just outside the mouth of the Klaipeda Port but due to weather conditions and strong currents it was decided by the consortium that it was too risky to proceed with this activity. Thus, the mission remained as originally planned within the area of the Port. In addition, the data bubble developed was successfully demonstrated and data transmitted.
