Simulated Trials of an Autonomous Collision Avoidance System
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- Dr Richard Fairchild
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| Author(s) | | Fairchild RG |
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| Publication type | | Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract) |
| Conference Name | | UTSG Annual Conference 2010 |
| Conference Location | | Plymouth, UK |
| Year of Conference | | 2010 |
| Date | | 5-7 January 2010 |
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| The shipping industry employs many thousands of people and is responsible for handling 90% of the world’s trade. However, this industry still suffers from avoidable accidents, which are in part due to the over-reliance on fewer crew members performing more tasks. Whilst safety is taken seriously, the industry is slow to change and adopt new practices. This paper presents a solution to the problem of ship to ship collisions; namely, an autonomous collision avoidance system utilising autonomous agents, target vessel detection and collision avoidance mechanisms. A series of tests are presented and conclusions are drawn which show whilst collision avoidance can be successfully demonstrated, a closer inspection of the mechanisms of target detection and classification are required. |
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| Publisher | | Universities' Transport Study Group |
