MASS. A pre-analysis on autonomous ships Summary The Danish Maritime Authority has requested the assistance of the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) for connecting and planning a number of tasks to be included in coming efforts to shed light on the im
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The Danish Maritime Authority has requested the assistance of the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) for connecting and planning a number of tasks to be included in coming efforts to shed light on the importance of unmanned ships to Blue Denmark. The Danish Maritime Authority considers technological developments to be at the core of these projects and has asked the DTU to assist with the identification of research and innovation activities that would be important to acquire this insight.
This report is a pre-investigation, the purpose of which is to describe the potentials of autonomous ships, on the basis of international activities of direct relevance to the investigation. It briefly summarises how to define various levels of autonomy. From the lowest level with completely manual operation, where the navigating officer gets his information from electronic charts and where he gets information about his own position, course and speed as well as an overview from radar that also presents other ships' course and speed; over various levels of decision-support, where automatics take care of still more tasks; to levels of actual autonomy.
This part is based on the experience and knowledge gained from so-called self-propelled cars and unmanned aircraft and refers to ongoing reflections from similar ship projects. Eventually, the report presents proposals for specific research and innovation projects that are expected to be of benefit to the Danish maritime industry and Blue Denmark.1
Technical University of Denmark
DTU Electro, Elektrovej 326 and DTU Management Engineering, Produktionstorvet 426
DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby
www.dtu.dk
1 The report has been made with support from the Danish Maritime Fund.
The authors of the report are the following:
Mogens Blanke (MB), Professor of Automation, Automation and Control Group, DTU Electro, DTU
Michael Henriques (MH), Senior Consultant, Section of Transport, DTU Management Engineering,
DTU
Jakob Bang (JB), Nautical Surveyor, Danish Maritime Authority.
MB has primarily contributed with descriptions of automation, autonomy and safety.
MH has primarily contributed with descriptions of transport-related and economic conditions.
JB has contributed to the section on regulation (regulations and provisions).
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