Autonomous ship
- 1. AUTONOMOUS SHIP Presentation by J.Majumder FIE C. Engg. “Autonomous shipping is the future of the maritime industry. As disruptive as the smartphone, the smart ship will revolutionise the landscape of ship design and operations”
- 6. World’s First Autonomous Shipping Company Wilhelmsen and KONGSBERG joined forces to take the next step in autonomous shipping by offering a complete value chain for autonomous ships, from design and development, to control systems, logistics services and vessel operations.
- 7. ROLLS-ROYCE AND GOOGLE PARTNER TO CREATE SMARTER, AUTONOMOUS SHIPS Rolls Royce announced this month that it will use Google’s Cloud Machine Learning Engine across a range of applications, designed to both make today’s ships safer and more efficient, and to launch the ships of tomorrow.
- 8. Ship Intelligence will make greater use of ship systems and sensors to enhance both crew and vessel operating efficiency.
- 9. Yara Birkeland is set to be the world's first all- electric, autonomous shipping container vessel .
- 10. World’s First Fully Autonomous Ferry Demonstrated The car ferry Falco used a combination of Rolls-Royce Ship Intelligence technologies to successfully navigate autonomously during its voyage between Parainen and Nauvo. The return journey was conducted under remote control. Rolls-Royce and Finnish state-owned ferry operator Finferries successfully demonstrated the world’s first fully autonomous ferry in the archipelago south of the city of Turku, Finland. The vessel detected objects utilising sensor fusion and artificial intelligence and conducted collision avoidance. It also demonstrated automatic berthing with a recently developed autonomous navigation system. All this was achieved without any human intervention from the crew.
- 11. “SEA HUNTER,” WORLD’S LARGEST AUTONOMOUS SHIP, U.S. NAVY The U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has completed trials of the “Sea Hunter” – the world’s largest unmanned ship. The vessel demonstrator, which was tested as part of the agency’s Anti- Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program, has officially been transferred to the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for further development.
- 12. FOR THE SMART SHIP REVOLUTION TO BECOME A REALITY A NUMBER OF CRITICAL QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ANSWERED
- 13. A ship’s ability to monitor its own health, establish and communicate what is around it and make decisions based on that information is vital to the development of autonomous operations Technology The need is to develop a set of electronic senses that inform an electronic brain and allow the vessel to navigate safely and avoid collisions.
- 14. A typical autonomous ship command and control system.
- 15. Onboard autonomous ship systems and the Shore Control Centre
- 16. Advanced Sensor Module On an unmanned ship, sensors and sensor data processing are replacing the perceptions of the officer of the watch and thus are critical elements in the realization of autonomy. The Advanced Sensor Module is responsible for object detection and classification and environmental perception. It uses input data from infrared and visual spectrum cameras as well as radar and AIS data to detect objects and determine if they are a danger to the ship or if they need to be investigated further, e.g., to identify life rafts, flotsam, or dangers to navigations. It maintains a proper lookout for ship traffic and obstacles and monitors the environmental conditions in the vicinity of the ship. Sensor information is mainly used by the autonomous Deep Sea Navigation System but is also presented on an integrated situation display in the Shore Control Centre.
- 17. Deep Sea Navigation System The Deep Sea Navigation System ensures that the ship follows its planned route within the allowable deviations given by the present operational envelope. Deviations can be caused by developing severe weather conditions or to avoid complex traffic situations. In order to handle a ship on trans-oceanic voyages without on-board crew, the project has introduced the Deep Sea Navigation System, which: Determines COL REG-obligations towards other ships and maneuvers the autonomous ship accordingly to the rules. Optimizes trans-oceanic voyage plans based on meteorological forecasts. Operates the ship safely in immediate and harsh weather conditions in accordance with the IMO weather guidance criteria. The Deep Sea Navigation System can operate fully autonomously but also allows the Shore Control Centre operator to interact and thus to remotely control the ship.
- 18. Remote Maneuvering Support System Remote Maneuvering Support System aids in carrying out maneuvers for collision avoidance, while navigating in constrained waterways and in ports. By providing the anticipated ship motion trajectory, it is of essential importance to safe and efficient unmanned and autonomous ship operation. The Remote Maneuvering Support System provides calculations and displays for anticipated ship movements under constraints of maneuvering ability.
- 19. Engine Monitoring and Control System The Engine Monitoring and Control System is an enhancement to existing ship automation and control systems. The main aim is to add more advanced condition-monitoring functionalities. Besides condition monitoring, adding of increased digital interfaces to the navigation systems and the Shore Control Centre are necessary to allow autonomous and unmanned operation of engine room and other technical systems. It allows very compact information to be sent to the Shore Control Centre with the possibility to request lower level measurements or intermediate calculations where needed.
- 22. Shore Control Centre The Shore Control Centre acts as a continuously manned supervisory station for monitoring and controlling a fleet of autonomous ships. Most of the time, the ships are operating without any need for intervention from shore. In cases where the automated onboard systems cannot safely handle a situation, assistance will be provided. The limits for what is considered safe are customizable within the so-called operational envelope, setting navigational boundaries. The operational envelope will also include other factors such as visibility, wave height and traffic.
- 24. Engine Monitoring and Control System The Engine Monitoring and Control System is an enhancement to existing ship automation and control systems. The main aim is to add more advanced condition-monitoring functionalities. Besides condition monitoring, adding of increased digital interfaces to the navigation systems and the Shore Control Centre are necessary to allow autonomous and unmanned operation of engine room and other technical systems. It allows very compact information to be sent to the Shore Control Centre with the possibility to request lower level measurements or intermediate calculations where needed.