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“Voyager 100 Smart Pilot has all the communications,” said Nawab. It has with full COLREGS compliance. The features of Smart Captain with the addi- a re? ned Obstacle Avoidance module Voyager 100 series is aimed at seamless tion that it is linked to the ship’s autopi- which allows it to navigate safely and integration with bridge systems aboard lot and propulsion system to provide an comply with the COLREGS, enabling existing conventional vessels.” ‘Intelligent Autopilot,’ able to maneuver the vessel to carry on with the mission Robosys has a new Human Machine the vessel automatically on a safe course even in the event of a complete loss of Interface in the works, recently trialed without human intervention, if desired,” communications with the remote opera- at MARIN. “The HMI is designed to said Nawab. tor. This makes it suitable for a wider provide a dedicated interface between

From the regulatory viewpoint, Voy- range of surveying tasks too. the software and the of? cer on the ager 100 is not designed to replace the bridge,” said Nawab. “It’s quite differ- crew on the bridge of a ship. It is de- ent from the HMI for a remote piloting Differentiating the Solution signed to augment and assist, freeing up In the commercial sector, autonomous task. It aims to assist the of? cer of the highly quali? ed, heavily loaded ships does not mean ‘unmanned’ and it will watch by identifying and prioritizing of? cers to focus on other aspects of the be many years before fully unmanned contacts of interest, and then offering a voyage. “Think of Voyager 100 as a ju- vessels will be regularly plying the sea navigation solution that avoids hazards nior ‘of? cer of the Watch’ – competent lanes. “The commercial sector does and complies with the COLREGS.” In and safe, but supervised,” said Nawab. however urgently require new solutions SmartCaptain, it offers this prioritized

Voyager 300 is Robosys’ ? agship prod- to prevent collisions,” said Nawab. ‘action list’ for the crew to carry out; in uct which is designed for remotely pi- ‘Avoiding collisions in a multi-vessel SmartPilot it will operate the autopilot loted unmanned vessels. “Robosys’ scenario using the COLREGS frame- and propulsion control system on behalf unique selling point is the ability of the work is particularly challenging. We of the bridge team, whilst keeping them

Voyager 300 series software to operate believe we have solved the problem of informed of its intentions. The bridge autonomously – without any external collision avoidance for multiple vessels team can override it at any time.

Kongsberg tests

Autonomy on the Inland Waterways

Kongsberg will install and test au- tonomous ship technologies on two vessels in Europe’s inland waterways and short sea coastal shipping routes.

Dubbed AUTOSHIP, the four-year $22m project will aim to test and fur- ther develop key technology linked to fully autonomous navigation systems, intelligent machinery systems, self- diagnostics, prognostics and operation scheduling, as well as communication

Photo: Kongsberg technology. Blue Line Logistics’ pallet shuttle barge.

One of the two vessels that will be equipped for remote-operated and au- pallet shuttle barge owned by Blue Kongsberg is also involved in other tonomous maritime transport, Eids- Line Logistics NV that operates on ca- autonomous shipping projects, includ- vaag Pioneer is owned by the Eidsvaag nals in Europe. ing the develpment of fully electric and shipping company and operates along The markets for both short sea coast- autonomous containership Yara Birke- the Norwegian coast and in fjord areas al shipping and transport on inland wa- land as well as several autonomous where it carries ? sh feed to ? sh-farms. terways are expected to dramatically ferries. It also teamed up with Wil-

The other vessel to be equipped with expand in the next few years, both in helmsen to form autonomous shipping autonomous technology is a Belgian Norway, Europe, and worldwide. company Massterly.

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