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18 st / November 2016 www.sea-technology.com Dr. Sandor Becz, P.E., is the vice president of en- gineering for Hydroid Inc. He is responsible for engineering and program execution, product sus- tainment and research and development. Becz com- pleted his Ph.D. at the University of Connecticut and is a licensed professional engineer. like swarming and the transfer of information between ve- hicles. Fully autonomous underwater vehicles will perform operational decision making, adjusting to currents and other factors in their surroundings as a means to optimize energy use and obtain the best mission outcomes. At Hydroid, we are constantly listening to feedback from our customers and the broader marketplace. As a re- sult, we are continually evolving and improving our AUVs, loading them with advanced computing power and versa- tile capabilities so that they can be successfully deployed across a wide variety of military, scientific and commer- cial applications. Our recent testing of the new-generation REMUS 100 AUV shows significant gains in endurance, miniaturization and customization, but it's clear that we have only begun to unlock the potential of AUVs for ocean exploration and security. ST ity using Hydroid, customer or third-party applications. We're already hearing from customers who are eager to use the new-generation REMUS 100 to develop novel ap- plications such as multivehicle collaboration, easier inter- face with a well-known publish-subscribe database format, and reprocessing of their own or third-party-developed software without the need to rewrite code. At Hydroid, we understand the potential of an open platform, and we're planning to offer a software developer's kit to help custom- ers leverage this power. Along with the improvements related to endurance, miniaturization and customization, the new-generation REMUS 100 boasts backward compatibility with legacy REMUS 100 payloads, enhanced navigation and an up- dated hydrodynamic, multifunctional design. The Next Step: Intelligent AUVs What do the next 10 years have in store for the field of advanced marine robotics? It's likely that in the not-too- distant future, the biggest news will be that AUVs have be- come even more autonomous. Guided by machine learn- ing and artificial intelligence, these "intelligent AUVs" will be better able to assess their environment, execute non- programmed behaviors, and even cooperate for purposes "We have only begun to unlock the potential of AUVs for ocean exploration and security."