On Friday, November 15th, two EMUAS underwater cameras were deployed by the ANERIS team at the OBSEA seafloor cabled observatory operated by SARTI-UPC. These cameras have been developed within the framework of the ANERIS project at Oslo Metropolitan University. The EMUAS (Expandable Multi-imaging Underwater Acquisition System) is a low-cost underwater camera system designed to expand existing cabled subsea observatories or operate in stand-alone mode for monitoring coastal areas. This technology is being developed as part of the ANERIS project to demonstrate the concept of operational marine biology.

One of the EMUAS cameras is equipped with an integrated UV anti-biofouling system, aimed at enabling long-term deployments without the need for periodic cleaning of the camera lens. Previous iterations of the system employed a mechanical wiper for biofouling mitigation, which has now been replaced by a UV system, eliminating moving parts and enhancing robustness and simplicity.

The EMUAS cameras can now be accessed via YouTube live streaming, in addition to the existing OBSEA cameras. The streams are available at the following linkhttps://www.obsea.es/liveVideo/. Additionally, periodic images captured by the two EMUAS cameras are being stored and made publicly accessible under the identifiers ANERIS_EMUAS_1 and ANERIS_EMUAS_2.