Unmanned and Autonomous Ships: An Overview of Mass

ISBN-13: 9781138324886 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 266 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.

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.