Rovco and Forth Engineering are among the U.K. organizations participating in the Autonomous Aquatic Inspection and Intervention or A2I2 project, which has tested an autonomous underwater vehicles for multiple uses.

Researchers from The University of Manchester are developing chemical sensors that can be mounted on “worm robots” as part of a project involving partners in four European countries to improve detection of people trapped under debris after a disaster. In the face of natural or man-made disaster, urban search and rescue teams and other first…