The Automated Rapid Reef Assessment System (ARRAS) provides a fast and diverless method of coastal survey and mapping services for creating permanent visual records of the marine environment.
ARRAS is comprised of two main devices: Teardrop and Kiko&Stitch. The Teardrop is a diverless banca-towable platform for capturing underwater video, while Kiko&Stitch is a software developed for automatic video stitching to create geotagged visual records of coral reefs. With this system, a stitched underwater imagery map can be generated at a rate of 33km of coastline per day.
Dr. Maricor N. Soriano
University of the Philippines Diliman
For inquiries, please contact:
DOST-PCIEERD
837-2071 to 82 loc. 2100, 2120 & 2121
pcieerd@pcieerd.dost.gov.ph
