COST-EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING OF OFFSHORE WIND INSTALLATIONS WITH AUTOMATED MARINE ROBOTICS WHOI SEEKS TO DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE A NEXT-GENERATION AUTONOMOUS ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY FOR PERSISTENT ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING OF POTENTIAL DEEP-SEA WIND INSTALLATIONS ON THE US PACIFIC COAST. THIS NEXT-GENERATION SYSTEM USES 3 CLASSES OF HIGH-ENDURANCE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES OPERATING IN COORDINATION. THE PROPOSED ROBOTIC OBSERVATION TECHNOLOGY WILL BE ABLE TO COLLECT BASELINE DATA AS WELL AS PROVIDE UNDERSTANDING OF CHANGES TO BATHYMETRIC/GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE, AND MARINE COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING INVERTEBRATES, FISH, BIRDS, AND MARINE MAMMELS.