{"id":1502,"date":"2026-07-23T16:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T14:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ploatech.com\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2026-08-25T16:03:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T14:03:58","slug":"advancing-underwater-imaging-with-nextmarine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ploatech.com\/ca\/advancing-underwater-imaging-with-nextmarine\/","title":{"rendered":"Advancing Underwater Imaging with NEXTMARINE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PLOATECH is making significant progress in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/nxtmarine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NEXTMARINE<\/a> project, developing a novel underwater imaging system designed to operate in some of the ocean\u2019s most challenging environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new platform integrates advanced imaging, lighting and localisation technologies into a compact system suitable for both diver-operated and robotic deployments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the first months of the project, laboratory testing confirmed reliable imaging performance, while initial field trials in Greece successfully validated the system\u2019s positioning capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These developments mark an important step toward high-resolution mapping and observation of seafloor habitats, providing researchers with better tools to explore areas that are difficult or impossible for people to access directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more about our progress in the <a href=\"https:\/\/us9.campaign-archive.com\/?u=6644ac4054ef7465a53cada39&amp;id=cf8c14960d\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/us9.campaign-archive.com\/?u=6644ac4054ef7465a53cada39&amp;id=cf8c14960d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NEXTMARINE Quarterly Bulletin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PLOATECH is making significant progress in the NEXTMARINE project, developing a novel underwater imaging system designed to operate in some of the ocean\u2019s most challenging environments. The new platform integrates advanced imaging, lighting and localisation technologies into a compact system suitable for both diver-operated and robotic deployments. During the first months of the project, laboratory [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ploatech.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ploatech.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ploatech.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ploatech.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ploatech.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ploatech.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1504,"href":"https:\/\/ploatech.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1502\/revisions\/1504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ploatech.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ploatech.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ploatech.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ploatech.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}