Staff Lead researchers Professor Blair Thornton Professor of Marine Autonomy Research interests seafloor 3D visual reconstruction: development of deep-sea imaging hardware and processing pi… automated interpretation of data: development of AI methods for rapid scalable interpretation… robotics: development of low-cost, long endurance seafloor imaging floats and highly intellig… Connect with Blair Email: B.Thornton@soton.ac.uk Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups Ocean Perception Group We develop autonomous robotic, sensing and intelligence capabilities that address bottlenecks in the flow of information between data collection and human insight. Maritime Engineering research group We seek to unify aspects of naval architecture, marine engineering, ocean engineering, offshore engineering and the emerging subject of maritime engineering sciences. Research outputs