Professor of Marine Autonomy at Southampton, UK, with an adjunct post at the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan. Blair has over 20 years of international research experience developing autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), sensors and algorithms for data interpretation. During this time he has spent over 500 days at sea fielding system his team have developed

• “Faculty of Engineering and Physical Science (FEPS)”
• “School of Engineering”
• “Department of Civil, Maritime and Environmental Engineering (CMEE)”

Groups & Institutes

• In situ and Remote Intelligent Sensing (IRIS) CoE
• Southampton Marine & Maritime Institute (SMMI)
• Maritime Robotics Laboratory

Teaching

• FEEG6043 Intelligent Mobile Robotics (lab video, course notes)
• SESS6072 Maritime Robotics (lab video, course notes)

Journals and Conferences

• General Chair of IEEE AUV 2026
• Associate Editor of IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
• Associate Editor of IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
• Guest Editor of Field Robotics Journal Marine Robotics Special Issue