Dr. Zhuoyuan Song Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Hawai'i, Manoa Persistent subsea exploration and monitoring are of vital significance in many fields including early tsunami warning, oceanography, marine biology, coastal safety, natural resource exploitation, and environmental preservation. An emerging frontier of marine robotics is the endeavor to achieve long-term residency of autonomous underwater vehicles. Supported by subsea infrastructures such as ocean observatories, resident autonomous underwater vehicles (RAUVs) can acquire power and cabled communication from off-shore docking stations. RAUV could provide prolonged dynamic measurements of the subsea environment and attend to emerging remote events promptly. This talk covers