Page 74: of Marine Technology Magazine (July 2018)

MTR 10 0 institutions to develop and promote responsible autonomous

ASV Global operations at sea.

Portchester, Hampshire, U.K.

Autonomous and robotic systems have emerged as one of www.asvglobal.com the biggest areas of technological growth in recent years.

CEO/President: Thomas Chance

Signi? cant milestone missions for ASV include a 4,000km+ hydrographic survey offshore Alaska and an 11-day over- the-horizon operation off the north coast of Scotland. ASV

Since 2010, ASV has been building a world-class team with specialist expertise and experience in ASV concept design, has spent more than 1400 days at sea operating autonomous vessels. ASV has designed and built 18 different types of build and commissioning, operation and maintenance, con- trol system development and advanced autonomy research custom autonomous vessels. All of these vessels are con- trolled using ASV’s proprietary autonomous control system, and development. Having delivered more than 100 autono- mous systems to more than 60 customers in 15 countries, ASView. ASView has also been used for the autonomous

ASV is a clear leader in the Autonomous Surface Vehicle conversion of 15 manned vessels. ASV is undertaking in- dustry leading research and development to increase the use industry. ASV Global vehicles and control systems are de- signed, built, ? tted and tested from the company’s facilities of safe and reliable vehicle autonomy and arti? cial intel- in U.K., U.S. and Brazil. The company undertakes a wide ligence. Current focus is in the areas of advanced autonomy variety of projects which see Autonomous Surface Vehicle and operating over the horizon safely. ASV employs tech- technology utilised in a multitude of industry applications. niques such as machine vision and deep learning to develop its autonomous navigation and situational awareness capa-

These include hydrography, offshore construction, ocean- ography, mine countermeasures, security and naval gunnery bility. ASV is working on autonomy research and develop- training. ASV Global maintains an active role in industry ment both internally and collaboratively with a wide range working closely alongside relevant authorities and maritime of military and commercial technical subject matter experts.

July/August 2018 74

MTR

MTR #6 (66-79).indd 74 MTR #6 (66-79).indd 74 8/13/2018 10:12:13 AM8/13/2018 10:12:13 AM