Abstract The growing use of unmanned marine vehicles (UMV unmanned marine vehicle (UMV) s) demands safe and reliable operation in order to assure acceptance and integration into public water space. By looking at the evolution of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) s) and unmanned ground vehicles (UGV unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) rules of the road autonomy s) and examining the existing legal structure related to safe maritime operations, we explore the path ahead for UMVs. The existing COLREGS (rules of the road) for marine vessel operation may be undergoing modifications in order to accommodate UMVs, while simultaneously, designers of UMVs are working on developing advanced autonomy behaviors that exhibit human-like on-water performance by UMVs. This paper presents a snapshot of the rapidly changing field of UMV operation, with particular focus on software technology shaping higher level autonomy behavior and on the legal landscape providing the framework for acceptable operation in public water space.


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    Title :

    Rules of the Road for Unmanned Marine Vehicles


    Contributors:


    Edition :

    1


    Publication date :

    2016-01-01


    Size :

    10 pages





    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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