# Inaugural Global Ocean Robotics Day focuses on advances in autonomous underwater robots

- Source: Robotics & Automation News
- Published: 2026-10-30T22:41:24.000Z
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- Original: https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/10/30/global-ocean-robotics-day-highlights-advances-in-autonomous-underwater-robots/106546/

## Summary

The inaugural Global Ocean Robotics Day was held on October 21, with Constructor University as one of 10 in-person hubs worldwide. The event focused on how artificial intelligence and autonomous robots are transforming ocean research and exploration. Topics covered marine AI, autonomous underwater vehicles, and ocean observation robotic systems, including mapping ocean currents using marine vehicle trajectories, simulating autonomous docking with digital twins, and underwater robot swarms. The university's Ocean Systems and Robotics research group also demonstrated several autonomous marine robots developed by the team on site.