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Gordon Frost is a leading researcher in the field of marine robotics, with a primary focus on the application of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to underwater archaeology. His work centers on developing low-cost, multi-robot systems that can collaborate to survey and explore submerged cultural heritage sites, dramatically reducing the operational costs and risks of traditional archaeological campaigns. Frost’s most impactful contribution is his leadership of the ARROWS (ARchaeological RObot systems for the World's Seas) EU Project, which proposed adapting and developing affordable AUV technologies for archaeological missions—a paper that has garnered 75 citations. He has also pioneered frameworks for multi-AUV collaboration, including a distributed hierarchical system for cooperative marine archaeology (12 citations) and an acoustic knowledge-sharing architecture that enables decentralized data exchange over limited-bandwidth underwater channels (10 citations). Through these innovations, Frost is helping to democratize underwater exploration, making advanced robotic tools accessible for preserving our shared maritime heritage.