The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Interactive Robotics and Vision Laboratory (IRV Lab): 1 model, 2 deployments across 2 regions. 3 sources back the record.
CategoryMaritime
Overview
Research laboratory at the University of minnesota focused on underwater robotics, human-robot collaboration, and computer vision. Led by Associate Professor Junaed Sattar, the lab develops autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and AI systems for diver safety monitoring, marine conservation, and aquatic species management. The lab is part of the Minnesota Robotics Institute (MnRI) and is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, and NVIDIA.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
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Data & sources
Web sources
3
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Models (1)
View all models →Interactive Robotics and Vision Laboratory (IRV Lab) on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Interactive Robotics and Vision Laboratory (IRV Lab)'s robots are operating, by place and type.
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Junaed Sattar Lab Director & Principal Investigatorsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Interactive Robotics and Vision Laboratory (IRV Lab).
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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Interactive Robotics and Vision Laboratory (IRV Lab)2 deployments
Recent coverage
Interactive Robotics and Vision Laboratory (IRV Lab) in third-party press
Peer companies
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- Huntington Ingalls Industries2 models
- Ukrainian Armed Forces2 models
- BlackSea Technologies1 model
- Havoc1 model
- HavocAI1 model
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
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Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 29, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
MeCO AUV at Lake Superior, Duluth, Minnesota, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2024
MeCO AUV at Caribbean Sea, Barbados
Sources (3)
- Minnesota Interactive Robotics and Vision Laboratory · https://irvlab.cs.umn.edu/
- AI underwater robots can now track diver stress via exhaled bubbles · https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-ai-underwater-robots-track-diver.html
- AI-powered underwater robots revolutionize marine conservation · https://www.nsf.gov/news/ai-powered-underwater-robots-revolutionize-marine
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
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Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
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- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Interactive Robotics and Vision Laboratory (IRV Lab).Peer companies
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- Huntington Ingalls Industries2 models
- Ukrainian Armed Forces2 models
- BlackSea Technologies1 model
- Havoc1 model
- HavocAI1 model
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Interactive Robotics and Vision Laboratory (IRV Lab) from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
AI underwater robots can now track diver stress via exhaled bubbles
University of Minnesota IRV Lab develops AI system for underwater robots to monitor diver health by tracking exhaled bubbles, published in International Journal of Robotics…
AI-powered underwater robots revolutionize marine conservation
NSF-funded IRV Lab develops MeCO AUV with AI vision for tracking invasive species in aquatic environments.
AI-powered underwater robots revolutionize marine conservation
University of Minnesota IRV Lab develops AI-powered AUVs for marine conservation and invasive species tracking.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/irv-lab.md
- RSS feed: /companies/irv-lab/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/7338dbfc-f2b6-456b-81e3-7695b715d1ff
- Revision history: /companies/irv-lab/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Cellula Robotics3 models
- Huntington Ingalls Industries2 models
- Ukrainian Armed Forces2 models
- BlackSea Technologies1 model
- Havoc1 model
- HavocAI1 model
Video
3D Vision with a SICK IVC 3D and NAtional Instruments LabVIEW
Academic Robot combines with Vision through ORiN's OpenCV Provider to locate the object and pick up. I use two templates with 2 steps angle verification and wi
D. Park, Z. Erickson, T. Bhattacharjee, and C. Kemp. “Multimodal Execution Monitoring for Anomaly Detection During Robot Manipulation”, IEEE International Confe
Pick-and-place operation based on consecutive robotic skills. For more info, please refer to the paper "Using Robot Skills for Flexible Reprogramming of Pick Op
This test set-up is part of my master's thesis regarding Random Bin Picking. It is capable of autonomously detecting, locating, picking and placing E40 light bu
Detection of DUPLO using image processing and a robot to pick them up
We introduce the Few-Shot Object Learning (FewSOL) dataset for object recognition with a few images per object. We captured 336 real-world objects with 9 RGB-D
Heat Index
Serious50/100
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Reality vs attention
Interactive Robotics and Vision Laboratory (IRV Lab) draws attention at the 49th percentile but verifies reality at the 19th percentile among maritime robots. Hype Gap +29.7, 5th widest among maritime robots.
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Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
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DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 12, 2026