The study and advancement of fault tolerant systems, spacecraft formation flying, proximity navigation, autonomous planning and scheduling, and reconfigurable robotics are part of the sub-theme. Futuristic topics on programmable matter or swarm intelligence are also included in this research stream.

Marine related activities of this network involves hydrodynamic study of bio-inspired robotic fish swimming, stability and manoeuvrability analysis of AUVs, robotic fish swimming in schooling modelling, rigid/flexible fins driven fish propulsion fluid mechanism and wake studies.

Recent focus is on the energy efficient propulsion of UUVs using biomimetic and renewable energy concepts.

This network mainly concerns the study and development of all those technologies needed to advance earth’s observation techniques and situational awareness methods, including signal processing, monitoring and analysis.