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The SIMON research project, initiated by the Hamburg Port Authority, bbe Moldaenke GmbH, the Authority for Environment, Climate, Energy and Agriculture, and the University of Lübeck, aims to advance autonomous underwater robotics for environmental monitoring. Funded by the Federal Ministry of Research with a budget of around one million euros, the project will last 24 months, with HPA receiving €232,000. It focuses on developing autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to measure various water parameters in the tidal Elbe area, integrating data into a digital port twin for timely environmental change detection.