Control concepts for navigation of autonomous ships in ports

Maurits van den Boogaard; Andreas Feys; Mike Overbeek; Joan le Poole; Robert Hekkenberg

Control concepts for navigation of autonomous ships in ports

Maurits van den Boogaard, Andreas Feys, Mike Overbeek, Joan le Poole, Robert Hekkenberg

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Abstract

In this paper we present a solution for autonomous navigation of ships in a port environment. Said environment is characterized by continuous communication between vessels and traffic control stations, which poses various challenges for autonomous navigation. We tackle these challenges in four control levels that permit the navigation of an autonomous vessel in today’s port environment, based on whether the ship is underway and the need for VHF-communication. The paper concludes with the development and evaluation of operational concepts to make autonomous navigation within the control levels possible. However, (partly) human control is still assumed to be necessary in critical situations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 10th Symposium on High-Performance Marine Vehicles (HIPER 2016)
Editors	Volker Bertram
Publisher	Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg
Pages	225-235
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	HIPER 2016: 10th Symposium on High-Performance Marine Vehicles - Cortona, Italy Duration: 17 Oct 2016 → 19 Oct 2016

Conference

Conference	HIPER 2016: 10th Symposium on High-Performance Marine Vehicles
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Cortona
Period	17/10/16 → 19/10/16

Keywords

unmanned ship
human involvement
dense traffic
human-machine interaction

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van den Boogaard, M, Feys, A, Overbeek, M, le Poole, J & Hekkenberg, R 2016, Control concepts for navigation of autonomous ships in ports. in V Bertram (ed.), Proceedings of the 10th Symposium on High-Performance Marine Vehicles (HIPER 2016). Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, pp. 225-235, HIPER 2016: 10th Symposium on High-Performance Marine Vehicles, Cortona, Italy, 17/10/16.

Control concepts for navigation of autonomous ships in ports. / van den Boogaard, Maurits; Feys, Andreas; Overbeek, Mike et al.
Proceedings of the 10th Symposium on High-Performance Marine Vehicles (HIPER 2016). ed. / Volker Bertram. Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, 2016. p. 225-235.

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