Introduction: AIRSUB is a research project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology with aim to explore the industrial applications of underwater robots. To achieve this goal AIRSUB, with the help of industrial agents, will study different application scenarios for this technology. Then, the project will focus on three specific domains: dam inspection, cable/pipe inspection and harbour inspection. This is a join project where the University of Girona will focus on dam inspection, the University of the Balearic Islands will work on cable/pipe inspection, and the Politechnical University Of Catalonia will deal with harbour inspection tasks. The aim of this paper is to present the goals corresponding to the subproject of the University of Girona entitled “Autonomous Robot for Dam Inspection”.