Communication Infrastructure and Cloud Computing in Robotic Vessel as-a-Service Application

Delea, Cosmin; Coccolo, Emanuele; Covarrubias, Salvador Fernandez; Campagnaro, Filippo; Favaro, Federico; Francescon, Roberto; Schneider, Vincent; Oeffner, Johannes; Zorzi, Michele

doi:10.1109/ieeeconf38699.2020.9389285

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“…The software performs remote unsupervised processing of the real-time SONAR and navigation data to geo-correct, filter, and grid the survey data and detect areas shallower than the ship's under keel clearance, in which case an AIS grounding alert is published for the benefit of the subscriber merchant ship. A service request interface was developed as a cloud based communication and user interface platform [3], augmented with over-and underwater communication networks [4], and validated the concept through a series of trials performed with certified mariners in a Ship Handling Simulator (SHS) in Hamburg.…”

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Ship Anti-Grounding with a Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship and Digital Twin of Port of Hamburg

Riordan,

Constapel,

Trslic

et al. 2023

OCEANS 2023 - Limerick

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We present the virtual demonstration of a novel ship Anti-Grounding Service in a digital twinned use case scenario in the Port of Hamburg. The scenario is generated from real bathymetry survey data collected in the Port. The virtual model of a Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship travels the route ahead of merchant ships on approach to the Port and is integrated with a real-time high-resolution Multibeam SONAR Simulator that synthesizes underkeel survey data. The automated data processing workflow detects potential grounding hazards in the synthetic survey data and provides a real-time update of the Port nautical chart, which is presented in the Electronic Chart Display and Information System of a Ship Handling Simulator. Our method is the first to consider Multibeam SONAR equipped Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship platforms for provision of ship Anti-Grounding Services. The results validate the full-scale simulation and automated hazard detection workflow and incorporate tests conducted with certified mariners (N=10) to address human factors of introducing new technologies into safety critical situations. The key contributions of this work are summarized as: 1) Validation of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships as an Anti-Grounding Service delivery platform; 2) Demonstration of a Digital Twin for hydrography survey and bottom hazard detection; and 3) Experimental validation with certified mariners of the antigrounding service Human-Computer Interface on the ship bridge.

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confidence: 99%