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On Small Satellites for Oceanography: A Survey [PDF]

, 2015
The recent explosive growth of small satellite operations driven primarily from an academic or pedagogical need, has demonstrated the viability of commercial-off-the-shelf technologies in space. They have also leveraged and shown the need for development
Agelet, Fernando Aguado, Bertolami, Orfeu, Francisco, Frederico, Guerra, André G. C., Rajan, Kanna, Villate, Jaime   +5 more
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Shipboard Landing Challenges for Autonomous Parafoils [PDF]

, 2011
21st AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference, Dublin, Ireland, May 23-26, 2011.This paper examines some of the challenges that must be overcome if future aerial delivery systems are to have the capability to land on the _ight deck of a
Hewgley, Charles W., Slegers, Nathan J., Yakimenko, Oleg A.   +2 more
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LMD-TShip^⋆: Vision Based Large-Scale Maritime Ship Tracking Benchmark for Autonomous Navigation Applications

IEEE Access, 2021
Accurate ship tracking is very important for the security of maritime activities, especially the raising requirements of autonomous navigation applications, e.g., autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs).
Yunxiao Shan, Shanghua Liu, Yunfei Zhang, Min Jing, Huawei Xu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Markov Chain state transition approach to establishing critical phases for AUV reliability [PDF]

, 2011
The deployment of complex autonomous underwater platforms for marine science comprises a series of sequential steps. Each step is critical to the success of the mission. In this paper we present a state transition approach, in the form of a Markov chain,
Brito, Mario, Griffiths, Gwyn
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Towards the Testing and Validation of Autonomous Ships: Design of a Variable Stability Ship Control System

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023
Maritime autonomous surface ships (MASSs) have received increased attention in both academic research and industrial applications in the global shipping and shipbuilding industry in recent years.
Shijie Li, Ziqian Xu, Jialun Liu, Xinjue Hu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ship Recognition and Tracking System for Intelligent Ship Based on Deep Learning Framework [PDF]

TransNav, 2019
Automatically recognizing and tracking dynamic targets on the sea is an important task for intelligent navigation, which is the prerequisite and foundation of the realization of autonomous ships.
Bo Liu, Sheng Zheng Wang, Z.X. Xie, JianSen Zhao, MingFeng Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating Software FMEA and STPA to Develop a Bayesian Network-Based Software Risk Model for Autonomous Ships

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023
The autonomous shipping industry is increasingly focusing on enhancing the safety and reliability of software-based systems. Conducting a risk assessment is a requirement for demonstrating the safety equivalence of autonomous ships based on such systems ...
Xue Yang, Yawei Zhu, Tao Zhou, Sheng Xu, Wenjun Zhang, Xiangyu Zhou, Xiangkun Meng   +6 more
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Human Factor in MASS Shipping [PDF]

TransNav
The paper presents the influence of the human factor on the safety of autonomous shipping with respect to interaction between management personnel involved in autonomous ship operation - Ship Master and ROC (Remote Operation Centre) operator. Against the
Teresa Abramowicz-Gerigk, Zbigniew Burciu, Andrzej Smacki   +2 more
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Use of Hybrid Causal Logic Method for Preliminary Hazard Analysis of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022
Recently, the safety issue of maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS) has become a hot topic. Preliminary hazard analysis of MASS can assist autonomous ship design and ensure safe and reliable operation.
Di Zhang, Zhepeng Han, Kai Zhang, Jinfen Zhang, Mingyang Zhang, Fan Zhang   +5 more
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Virtual Reality Fusion Testing-Based Autonomous Collision Avoidance of Ships in Open Water: Methods and Practices

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
With the rapid development of autonomous collision avoidance algorithms on ships, the technical demand for the testing and verification of autonomous collision avoidance algorithms is increasing; however, the current testing of autonomous collision ...
Haiming Zhou, Mao Zheng, Xiumin Chu, Chengqiang Yu, Jinyu Lei, Bowen Lin, Kehao Zhang, Wubin Hua   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source