{"id":12826,"date":"2026-10-26T13:23:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T12:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/?p=12826"},"modified":"2026-11-02T13:26:49","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T12:26:49","slug":"underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/ca\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Underwater optical communications: new research collaboration between CIRS and the University of Almer\u00eda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Dr. Manuel Mu\u00f1oz Rodr\u00edguez, from the <\/em><strong><em>Universidad de Almer\u00eda<\/em><\/strong><em>, spent three months at <\/em><strong><em>CIRS<\/em><\/strong><em> developing tools to evaluate <\/em><strong><em>optical communication links for underwater robotics<\/em><\/strong><em>, a stay that opens a new line of collaboration between both groups.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>From July to October 2026, Dr. Manuel Mu\u00f1oz Rodr\u00edguez, researcher at the <strong>Automatic Control, Robotics and Mechatronics (ARM) group<\/strong> of the Universidad de Almer\u00eda, carried out a research stay at the <strong>Underwater Robotics Research Centre (CIRS)<\/strong> of VICOROB, Universitat de Girona.<\/p>\n<p>Communication remains one of the main challenges in underwater robotics. Radio waves barely propagate in water, and acoustic links offer limited bandwidth. <strong>Optical communications<\/strong> can provide much higher data rates over short distances, but their performance depends heavily on the operating conditions.<\/p>\n<p>During his stay, Manuel developed a <strong>dashboard to monitor optical communication links in real time<\/strong> and to evaluate their performance under different conditions, including depth, light intensity and distance. The goal was to determine whether this technology is suitable for real-world underwater missions.<\/p>\n<p>The work was carried out using <strong>CIRS facilities<\/strong>, which combine real robotic platforms with simulation environments.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHaving these facilities available, both with real robots and in simulation, makes research much more straightforward,\u201d Manuel explains.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Manuel returns to Almer\u00eda with a <strong>working methodology and a technology stack<\/strong> that he plans to implement on the ARM group\u2019s robot, as the starting point of a <strong>new research line<\/strong> in his group. The stay also lays the groundwork for <strong>continued collaboration between CIRS and the Universidad de Almer\u00eda<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Manuel Mu\u00f1oz Rodr\u00edguez, from the Universidad de Almer\u00eda, spent three months at CIRS developing tools to evaluate optical communication links for underwater robotics, a stay that opens a new line of collaboration between both groups. From July to October 2026, Dr. Manuel Mu\u00f1oz Rodr\u00edguez, researcher at the Automatic Control, Robotics and Mechatronics (ARM) group&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-uw-robotics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Underwater optical communications: new research collaboration between CIRS and the University of Almer\u00eda - Vicorob<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ca_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Underwater optical communications: new research collaboration between CIRS and the University of Almer\u00eda - Vicorob\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Manuel Mu\u00f1oz Rodr\u00edguez, from the Universidad de Almer\u00eda, spent three months at CIRS developing tools to evaluate optical communication links for underwater robotics, a stay that opens a new line of collaboration between both groups. From July to October 2026, Dr. Manuel Mu\u00f1oz Rodr\u00edguez, researcher at the Automatic Control, Robotics and Mechatronics (ARM) group&hellip;&nbsp;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Vicorob\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-26T12:23:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-11-02T12:26:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/underwater-optical.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ViCOROB\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Escrit per\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ViCOROB\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Temps estimat de lectura\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minuts\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ViCOROB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ed095917d5bdb75bb7008b08b56e401c\"},\"headline\":\"Underwater optical communications: new research collaboration between CIRS and the University of Almer\u00eda\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-26T12:23:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-11-02T12:26:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":268,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/underwater-optical.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Underwater Robotics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"ca\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\\\/\",\"name\":\"Underwater optical communications: new research collaboration between CIRS and the University of Almer\u00eda - Vicorob\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/underwater-optical.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-26T12:23:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-11-02T12:26:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ed095917d5bdb75bb7008b08b56e401c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ca\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ca\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/underwater-optical.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/underwater-optical.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":1024},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Underwater optical communications: new research collaboration between CIRS and the University of Almer\u00eda\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/\",\"name\":\"Vicorob\",\"description\":\"Computer Vision and Robotics Research Group\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ca\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ed095917d5bdb75bb7008b08b56e401c\",\"name\":\"ViCOROB\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ca\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6aab1ee1b445308fcb37a625b2fcb9652e83b1d0554bb3880048d4a49f74d62b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6aab1ee1b445308fcb37a625b2fcb9652e83b1d0554bb3880048d4a49f74d62b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6aab1ee1b445308fcb37a625b2fcb9652e83b1d0554bb3880048d4a49f74d62b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ViCOROB\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vicorob.udg.edu\\\/ca\\\/author\\\/vicorobwpadmin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Underwater optical communications: new research collaboration between CIRS and the University of Almer\u00eda - Vicorob","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\/","og_locale":"ca_ES","og_type":"article","og_title":"Underwater optical communications: new research collaboration between CIRS and the University of Almer\u00eda - Vicorob","og_description":"Dr. Manuel Mu\u00f1oz Rodr\u00edguez, from the Universidad de Almer\u00eda, spent three months at CIRS developing tools to evaluate optical communication links for underwater robotics, a stay that opens a new line of collaboration between both groups. From July to October 2026, Dr. Manuel Mu\u00f1oz Rodr\u00edguez, researcher at the Automatic Control, Robotics and Mechatronics (ARM) group&hellip;&nbsp;","og_url":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\/","og_site_name":"Vicorob","article_published_time":"2026-10-26T12:23:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-11-02T12:26:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":1024,"url":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/underwater-optical.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"ViCOROB","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Escrit per":"ViCOROB","Temps estimat de lectura":"2 minuts"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\/"},"author":{"name":"ViCOROB","@id":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/#\/schema\/person\/ed095917d5bdb75bb7008b08b56e401c"},"headline":"Underwater optical communications: new research collaboration between CIRS and the University of Almer\u00eda","datePublished":"2026-10-26T12:23:57+00:00","dateModified":"2026-11-02T12:26:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\/"},"wordCount":268,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/underwater-optical.jpg","articleSection":["News","Underwater Robotics"],"inLanguage":"ca"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\/","url":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\/","name":"Underwater optical communications: new research collaboration between CIRS and the University of Almer\u00eda - Vicorob","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/underwater-optical.jpg","datePublished":"2026-10-26T12:23:57+00:00","dateModified":"2026-11-02T12:26:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/#\/schema\/person\/ed095917d5bdb75bb7008b08b56e401c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"ca","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ca","@id":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/underwater-optical.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/underwater-optical.jpg","width":1024,"height":1024},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/underwater-optical-communications-new-research-collaboration-between-cirs-and-the-university-of-almeria\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Underwater optical communications: new research collaboration between CIRS and the University of Almer\u00eda"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/#website","url":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/","name":"Vicorob","description":"Computer Vision and Robotics Research Group","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ca"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/#\/schema\/person\/ed095917d5bdb75bb7008b08b56e401c","name":"ViCOROB","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ca","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6aab1ee1b445308fcb37a625b2fcb9652e83b1d0554bb3880048d4a49f74d62b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6aab1ee1b445308fcb37a625b2fcb9652e83b1d0554bb3880048d4a49f74d62b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6aab1ee1b445308fcb37a625b2fcb9652e83b1d0554bb3880048d4a49f74d62b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ViCOROB"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/"],"url":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/ca\/author\/vicorobwpadmin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12826"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12830,"href":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12826\/revisions\/12830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vicorob.udg.edu\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}