The list of 2026 talks will continue to be updated up until the start of the event.

2026 MOOS-DAWG Talks

• Talk-01: The Tsunami Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV),
  Matthew Livelsberger, Textron Unmanned Systems.
• Talk-02: Deployments of MOOS-IvP for Autonomous USV Fleets in the Taiwan Strait,
  Shsueh-Cheng 'Nick' Wang, Yi-Ho 'Ian' Cheng, Tsiau-Hua Loo, Chang-Ching Wu, JetSea AI.
• Talk-03: Two Years With the MIT Spurdog UUV,
  Raymond Turrisi, Tyler Paine, Michael Benjamin, MIT Marine Autonomy Lab.
• Talk-04: The MIT SeaBeaver III Autonomous Underwater Vehicle,
  Supun Randeni, Michael Sacarny, Michael Benjamin, MIT Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Sea Grant AUV Lab.
• Talk-05: Deploying a Fixed-Wing UAV Swarm for Wildfire Detection Using MOOS-IvP: Integration, Communication, and Field Results,
  Steve Carter Feujo Nomeny, Kongsberg Discovery, MIT, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). PDF of Talk
• Talk-06: Open Source DevSecOps for Marine Robots,
  Toby Schneider, Open Ocean Software, GobySoft, LLC.
• Talk-07: The Robonautics Autonomous Sailing Vessel,
  Walter Holemans, Joseph Curcio, Vincent Vandyck, Robonautics.
• Talk-08: BlueBoat: The Marine Autonomy Lab’s Augmentations for Research and Education,
  Jeremy Wenger (MIT), Ray Turrisi (MIT), Michael Benjamin (MIT).
• Talk-09: Cooperative Range-Aided Localization Strategies for Compact, Low-Cost AUV Teams,
  E. Gajski [1], R. Turrisi [1], J. Hong [1], J. Morrison [1], A. Papalia [3], E. Gallimore[2], M. Benjamin [1], J. Leonard[1]. [1] MIT MechE, [2] Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, WHOI, [3] Dept of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, University of Michigan.
• Talk-10: PEARL: Platform for Expanding AUV exploRation to Longer ranges,
  Prof. Oli de Weck, Jonathan Stoppani, Charles Benjamin, Victoria Cure Hurtado, Adam Phan, Bill Chen, Sung Wook Paek, Jiulianna Dail, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT Engineering and Systems Laboratory.
• Talk-11: MOOS-IvP-Multi: a suite of multi-agent autonomy algorithms for collective artificial intelligence,
  Tyler Paine, MIT Mechanical Engineering. PDF of Talk
• Talk-12: The LAMSS Virtual Ocean: A Real-Time Testbed for Undersea Sensing, Communication, and Autonomy,
  Andrew Poulsen, Henrik Schmidt, and Toby Schneider, MIT, GobySoft.
• Talk-13: Side-Scan Sonar Payload Integration with a Low-Cost Custom AUV,
  Joshua M. Lewis, Robotics Discovery Lab, University of Delaware.
• Talk-14: C-Ray Platform - Pliant Energy Systems,
  Carles Civit, Manuel Marin, Daniel Zimmerman, Benjamin Pietro Filardo, Pliant Energy.
• Talk-15: The MOOS External Interface (MEI): Bridging MOOS-IvP with External Systems and ROS 2,
  Michael DeFilippo and Supun Randeni, MIT Dept of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Sea Grant. PDF of Talk
• Talk-16: Macrura Rides Again! - Accurate delivery of seafloor payloads via AUV,
  David Battle, Mission Systems.
• Talk-17: MOOS-IvP Release 26.7 - What's New and What's coming
  Mike Benjamin, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, Marine Autonomy Lab.
• Talk-18: pTAKBridge: Integrating MOOS-IvP Autonomy with the TAK Ecosystem,
  Michael DeFilippo, MIT Dept of Mechanical Engineering. PDF of Talk
• Talk-19: Agentic Coding and MOOS-IvP,
  Charles Benjamin, McGill University, Centre for Intelligent Machines'. PDF of Talk
• Talk-20: Coastal Monitoring - Electric Survey Vehicles,
  Sigurd Von Brandis, Sigurd Nordbye, Kongsberg Discovery, Norwegian University of Science andTechnology (NTNU). PDF of Talk
• Talk-21: A Low-Cost Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Man-overboard and Maritime Search and Rescue,
  Michael Autery P.E, CEO and Founder - Gander Robotics, MIT Sloan School of Management.
• Talk-22: CI/CD for MOOS-IvP: Mission Test Harnesses and Takeaways for Downstream Development,
  Charles Benjamin, McGill University, Centre for Intelligent Machines.
• Talk-23: From Hulls to Hovering: MOOS-IvP on Multirotor UAS,
  Jacob Crossman, Michael Novitzky, United States Military Academy (USMA). PDF of Talk
• Talk-24: StackUxV: A generic software framework for coordinating fleets of UxVs,
  Supun Randeni, Michael Sacarny, Michael Benjamin and Henrik Schmidt, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Cambridge, USA.
• Talk-25: From Learned Coordination to Safe Deployment: Integrating Compliance into Learning-Based Multi-Robot Marine Autonomy,
  Everardo Gonzalez [1], Tyler Paine [2], Manuel Agraz Vallejo [1], Gaurav Dixit [1], Michael Benjamin [2], Kagan Tumer [1], [1] Oregon State University, Autonomous Agents and Distributed Intelligence Lab [2] MIT Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Marine Autonomy Lab.
• Talk-26: The SubSeaSail Autonomous Vessel,
  Phil Freidhoff, Caliburn. Presenting for SubSeaSail Inc.
• Talk-27: Developing an Open-Source Fixed-Wing sUAS for MOOS-IvP,
  Alyssa Hargis (MIT), Leslie Maldonado (Draper), Michael Benjamin (MIT).
• Talk-28: The PAVRANGE Acoustic Ranging System,
  Capt. Michael Sacarny, MIT Sea Grant, AUV Lab.
• Talk-29: Integrating Mission Planning and Execution with MOOS-IvP,
  Cristiano Caissutti, University of Pisa, Andrea Munafò, University of Pisa, Gabriele Ferri, Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE).
• Talk-30: Navigation and C2 Ranging for Undersea Vehicles in the Midwater Column,
  Ethan Park, Triton Systems, Supun Rendeni, MIT Dept of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Sea Grant.
• Talk-31: Beyond the Acoustic Modem: MARIA and the Popoto Acoustic Platform,
  James DellaMorte, PopotoModem, a delResearch LLC brand.
• Talk-32: AI Based Planning for Small Fleets,
  Greg Dudek, McGill University, Centre for Intelligent Machines.
• Talk-33: Talking to MOOSDB: An LLM Experiment for Non-Developers,
  Ian Cheng, JetSea AI.
• Talk-34: Open Ocean Software: An Open-Source Ecosystem for Marine Robotics,
  Eric Gallimore, Toby Schneider, Michael Benjamin, Hanumant Singh, Isaac Vandor, Dennis Giaya, WHOI, MIT, GobySoft, Northeastern.