A method for automated operation of an unmanned waterborne vessel includes the steps of: providing a mission plan for the vessel, the mission plan defining a desired activity of the vessel over a period of time; determining different possible configurations of machinery of the vessel to fulfil the mission plan; ranking the possible machinery configurations; selecting a highest ranked machinery configuration; and formulating an engineering plan which implements the selected machinery configuration in order to operate the vessel in accordance with the mission plan; and executing the engineering plan.
Automated operation of unmanned waterborne vessels
2021-03-03
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G05B Steuer- oder Regelsysteme allgemein , CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL / B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen |