AUR-Lab was established in 2009 with an underwater robot and facilities at the Trondhjem Biological Station (TBS). Fifteen years later, it has become one of the most active laboratories at NTNU, housing nearly 20 different underwater robots and several surface vessels.

“We have many interdisciplinary collaborations and projects, but we have room for more!” says Martin Ludvigsen, the scientific manager of AUR-Lab.

AUR-Lab is also a part of the OceanLab project, which will ultimately lead to the Norwegian Ocean Technology Centre’s Fjordlab. AUR-Lab is located at TBS but has partly grown out of the premises, and now has temporary barracks with a control room and containers with equipment outdoors, as well as offices and workshop inside.