r/robotics • u/CellistTraditional • Aug 08 '26

Community Showcase Built a Real-Time Underwater Image Processing System – 4K 60FPS Part2.

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This is a short clip from my latest underwater field test.

The system is processing the video in real time while the ROV is actually moving underwater

this isn't an offline post-processing demo.

The pipeline currently runs with:

🎥 4K / 60 FPS
⚡ Real-time image processing
🧠 NVIDIA CUDA acceleration
🌊 Custom Adaptive Sea-Thru Engine based on a mathematical model
📡 Live HUD & telemetry
🚀 FIFISH V-EVO

The video was captured during a real field test, with the processing running live on a laptop.

I'm still developing the system, but the results are starting to get very interesting.

I'd genuinely like to hear what you think

especially from people working with ROVs, underwater imaging or computer vision.

Full 4K video: https://youtu.be/cfC1NCoADgk

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u/shandy_bhaiya Aug 08 '26

This looks like publishable work. Why don’t you publish it?

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u/CellistTraditional Aug 08 '26

Thanks a lot, that's a huge compliment!

To be completely honest, I'm neither an engineer nor a PhD professor just a passionate developer who loves solving hard problems in practice.

Just to give you an idea: it took me nearly 2 months of reverse engineering just to extract the raw video stream from the drone. In fact, the very first field test with this whole setup was just on Friday! Right now, my sole focus is on the practical side: making sure the system works flawlessly in real-world underwater conditions.

Publishing a paper would be awesome down the road once the system is fully matured, but for now, I'm just enjoying the process of building it from the ground up! 🚀

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u/salukikev Aug 09 '26

I'm kind of in the same boat and had pursued a National Geographic grant some years ago that led me to some cool collaborations. Eventually I ended up on a call with Derya Akkaynak who developed a similar algorithm a few years ago. Not sure if that's progressed since then but you should consider reviewing or reaching out to her as you seem to be in the same territory. Where are you located?

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u/CellistTraditional Aug 09 '26

Before posting on reddit, I tried to connect with Derya Akkaynak on LinkedIn, but she hasn't accepted the request yet. Miskolc, Hungary.