Unmanned and Autonomous Ships: An Overview of Mass

ISBN-13: 9781032336763 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 288 str.

R. Glenn Wright

Opis

Unmanned ships enable safer and more efficient shipping. This book covers economics, technology, safety and the environment under ship design and engineering, command and control, navigation, communications, security, regulatory issues, and training.

Recenzje

"The book covers the main topics and provides a very good overview for professionals, mariners, researchers, regulatory authorities and anyone working in the field."

-- Marko Höyhtyä, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Making the Case for Unmanned and Autonomous Ships 3. Autonomy, Automation and Reasoning 4. MASS Design and Engineering 5. Remote Control Centers 6. Navigation 7. Communications 8. Security 9. Training for MASS Operations 10. Regulatory Issues 11. Legal Issues 12. Future Directions of MASS

O autorze

Dr. R. Glenn Wright has forty years’ experience in industry leading research in sensor-based systems for surface vessels and unmanned underwater vehicles. He is a Master Mariner and operates a research vessel testbed investigating the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence for the operation and navigation of vessels and autonomous vehicles and related meteorological, oceanographic and electromagnetic phenomena.