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Bjørn Jalving, EVP Subsea,

Kongsberg Maritime

With two levels of autonomy, below and above the surface, increasingly see swarms of USVs and AUV, which will make how challenging is it to ensure controlled, safe navigation operations more complex.

of both vessels during mapping operations?

The system architecture of autonomy for planning, analysis Can you explain some of the core technology that allows both and execution is similar for AUVs and USVs but there are dif- vehicles to operate fully autonomously? How does it work?

ferences in sensors and functions because of the environment. The core of the system, in both cases, is a set of modules that

Lack of GPS and radio communication are fundamental con- sense the environment and the vehicle, analyzes this informa- straints to AUVs that are solved by acoustics and aided inertial tion and executes according to a mission plan, utilizing a set navigation systems. of vehicle controllers such as heading and speed controllers,

USVs need advanced scene analysis and route planning to trajectory control and payload controllers. The brain of the navigate safely in areas with maritime activity. There are sig- system can sort this information according to when and where ni? cant thresholds to suf? cient functionality and robustness of different states should occur, and in the future think of new the individual systems. The most critical phases of the com- ways to solve a speci? c challenge.

bined USV-AUV operation are launch and recovery. We will

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