Marine Robotics and Autonomous Systems Research Laboratory (MARAS)

📌 In the footsteps of science, towards the blue ...

• Laboratory Introduction: Its foundations were laid in 2007 within the scope of Kocaeli University Electronics and Communication Engineering.

• Purpose: To conduct modeling, control, software and hardware development studies on Ocean Techhologies, especially marine vehicles. To establish national and international academic and industrial collaborations in this field, to develop high value-added projects and useful products and to transfer these to our students, study groups and technology competition groups.


HIGHLIGHTS

• DESIGN: Marine Robotics Researches Including Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) and Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) Hardware and Software Designs , CFD Analysis, Extraction of Vehicle Model Parameters, Modelling.

• AUTONOMOUS CONTROL: Unmanned Vehicles Direction, Depth and Navigation Control Simulations, Experimental Tests. Vehicle Autonomy and Trajectory Planning Applications. Student-supported design, software and control algorithms.

• IMAGE PROCESSING:   Visual Servoing  and Sonar Applications. 

• VISION: Implementation of current academic advances in underwater systems and transfer of its’ knowledge to undergraduate and graduate students and research projects. Cooperation with research centers, universities and industry on these study topics.

• ACHIEVEMENTS:

News

02/20/2026

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Recent Publications

Salp Swarm Algorithm Based Fractional Order PID Controller Design for Trajectory Tracking Simulation of an Underactuated Underwater Vehicle Model

Yilmaz G., Yilmaz S.
2025 IEEE Underwater Technology (UT), Taipei, Taiwan, 2 - 05 March 2025, no.10947413, pp.1-12, (Full Text)

The Dynamic Modeling and Trajectory Tracking Control of an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV)

Yılmaz G., Yılmaz S.
International Journal of Modern Research in Engineering and Technology (IJMRET), vol.9, no.2, pp.1-15, 2024 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Kırcı H., Yılmaz S., Yakut M.
Endüstri Otomasyon, vol.1, no.134, pp.24-29, 2008 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

Analysis of Depth and Speed-Dependent Variation of Hydrodynamic Drift and Lift Forces in Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV) with CFD

Yılmaz G., Yılmaz S.
Uluslararası Mühendislik Araştırma ve Geliştirme Dergisi, vol.14, no.1, pp.72-83, 2022 (TRDizin)

Identification of particular hydrodynamic parameters for a modular type 4 DOF underwater vehicle by means of CFD method

Yılmaz S., Yilmaz G.
INDUSTRIAL ROBOT-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH AND APPLICATION, vol.50, no.4, pp.609-622, 2023 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

General Design Principles For Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

Yılmaz S., Kılcı S. B.
Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology, vol.11, no.1, pp.119-131, 2021 (TRDizin)

Image Processing Applications for 6 Degrees of Freedom (DOF) Underwater Vehicle and Manipulator System

Yılmaz S., Kılcı S. B.
İleri Mühendislik Çalışmaları ve Teknolojileri Dergisi, vol.1, no.2, pp.63-79, 2020 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

KINEMATIC MODELLING OF UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLES

Yılmaz S., Kılcı S. B.
International Marmara Sciences Congress-IMASCON 2019 AUTUMN, Kocaeli, Turkey, 1 - 03 November 2019, pp.549-556, (Full Text)

Dört Serbestlik Dereceli Bir İnsansız Sualtı Aracının 3 Boyutlu Bilgisayar Benzetimi

YILMAZ S., KILCI S. B.
Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology, vol.10, no.2, pp.888-899, 2020 (TRDizin)

Digital Underwater Communication System Design with DSP

Uysal E., Yılmaz S., Kuzlu M.
ECUA 2010 European Conference on Underwater Acoustics, İstanbul, Turkey, 5 - 09 July 2010, vol.3, (Full Text)