One fish, two fish: The role of Robotics in Fisheries Stock Assessment

Fisheries stock have been decimated around the world. In this talk we examine the role of Robotics to help us assess fish stock. Unlike traditional methods Robotics hold the promise of yielding assessment methods that do not rely on actually catching fish. The complexities of Robotics for fish counting however include complexities associated with imaging underwater, fish avoidance and attraction, and the role of camouflage in fish predator prey interactions. This talks looks at how we are coming to grips with these issues and how the insights gained in tackling these problems have spilled out to other areas of robotics including edge cases to do with autonomous driving.


Bio: Hanumant Singh is a Professor at Northeastern University where he is also the Director of the multidisciplinary Center for Robotics at NU. He received his Ph.D. from the MIT WHOI Joint Program in 1995 after which he worked on the Staff at WHOI until 2016 when he joined Northeastern. His group designed and built the Seabed AUV, as well as the Jetyak Autonomous Surface Vehicle dozens of which are in use for scientific and other purposes across the globe. He has participated in 60 expeditions in all of the world's oceans in support of Marine Geology, Marine Biology, Deep Water Archaeology, Chemical Oceanography, Polar Studies, and Coral Reef Ecology.