{"id":483,"date":"2016-09-13T18:36:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T18:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/fsiblog\/?p=483"},"modified":"2016-09-13T18:36:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T18:36:48","slug":"government-vips-visit-maritime-robotics-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/2016\/09\/13\/government-vips-visit-maritime-robotics-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Government VIPs visit Maritime Robotics Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-484\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2016\/09\/IMG_0299.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-484\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2016\/09\/IMG_0299-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"MRL Lab students taking SESS6072 and their \u00a3100 AUV\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2016\/09\/IMG_0299-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2016\/09\/IMG_0299-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2016\/09\/IMG_0299-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2016\/09\/IMG_0299-1568x1045.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MRL Lab students taking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/engineering\/postgraduate\/taught_modules\/sess6072_maritime_robotics.page\">SESS6072<\/a> and their \u00a3100 AUV<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">Recently, the Maritime Robotics Laboratory of the Fluid Structure Interactions Group hosted visitors from\u00a0the\u00a0Council for Science and Technology,\u00a0Cabinet Office Analysis and Insight Team and\u00a0from the Government Office for Science. They were given an overview of the development of maritime autonomous and robotic systems, developments in sensor technologies, and future directions of research in the field. The visit was supported by Dr Jon Downes, Dr Nick Townsend, Dr Blair Thornton and Prof Ajit Shenoi.<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2016\/09\/MRL_lab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-485 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2016\/09\/MRL_lab-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"mrl_lab\" width=\"416\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2016\/09\/MRL_lab-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2016\/09\/MRL_lab-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2016\/09\/MRL_lab-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2016\/09\/MRL_lab-1568x1046.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe MRL&#8217;s fleet of vehicles was on display as well as the excellent facilities within the Lab within easy access of B185 for trialling performance in the new towing tank.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, the Maritime Robotics Laboratory of the Fluid Structure Interactions Group hosted visitors from\u00a0the\u00a0Council for Science and Technology,\u00a0Cabinet Office Analysis and Insight Team and\u00a0from the Government Office for Science. They were given an overview of the development of maritime autonomous and robotic systems, developments in sensor technologies, and future directions of research in the field. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/2016\/09\/13\/government-vips-visit-maritime-robotics-lab\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Government VIPs visit Maritime Robotics Lab<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4066,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4066"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}