• Automated Optimization and Design of Mooring Systems for Deep Water 

      Klingan, Kristine Ekeli (Master thesis, 2016)
      This master thesis focuses on automated optimization of mooring systems at deep water. The optimization work is based on the mooring system of the deep draft semisubmersible DEMO2000 developed by Statoil. This is a ...
    • Automated Video Segmentation in Underwater Ship Inspections Exploiting Deep Learning, Computer Vision, and Image Enhancement 

      Giske, Lars (Master thesis, 2022)
      Inspeksjon av skipsskrog er en avgjørende del av å administrere og opprettholde standarden på aldrende skip. Undervannsinspeksjoner av skip, utført av dykkere eller fjernstyrte undervannsdroner (ROVs), kan være et godt ...
    • Automatic control with risk contingencies for autonomous passenger ferry 

      Moen, Jon Magnus (Master thesis, 2021)
      Utviklingen av autonome skip har skutt fart de siste årene, med flere prøveprosjekter for slike skip på vei. Et relevant bruksområde for denne teknologien er passasjerferger for bruk til kryssing av urbane vannveier som ...
    • Automatic Fault Detection for Marine Diesel Engine Degradation in Autonomous Ferry Crossing Operation 

      Ellefsen, Andre; Cheng, Xu; Holmeset, Finn Tore; Ushakov, Sergey; Æsøy, Vilmar; Zhang, Houxiang (IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation;, Chapter, 2019)
      The maritime industry generally anticipates having semi-autonomous ferries in commercial use on the west coast of Norway by the end of this decade. In order to schedule maintenance operations of critical components in a ...
    • Automatic image segmentation for boundary detection of apparently connected sea-ice floes 

      Zhang, Qin; Skjetne, Roger; Su, Biao (Chapter, 2013)
      Ice concentration, ice types, and floe size distribution are three important factors in the analysis of ice-structure interaction in a broken ice field. The use of cameras as sensors for offshore operations in ice-covered ...
    • Automatic Reliability-based Control of Iceberg Towing in Open Waters 

      Orsten, Andreas (Master thesis, 2014)
      Icebergs pose serious threats to existing and planned offshore structures, vessels, and operations in Arctic waters. In order to eliminate the threat, iceberg handling must be performed. This is typically done by single ...
    • Automatic sea state estimation with online trust measure based on ship response measurements 

      Brodtkorb, Astrid Helene; Nielsen, Ulrik Dam (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The ever-changing sea state constitutes an integral part of situational awareness for vessels at sea. In this paper, a computationally efficient sea state estimation algorithm is extended by (1) automatic gain and tolerance ...
    • Automatic simulation-based testing of autonomous ships using Gaussian processes and temporal logic 

      Torben, Tobias; Glomsrud, Jon Arne; Pedersen, Tom Arne; Utne, Ingrid Bouwer; Sørensen, Asgeir Johan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      A methodology for automatic simulation-based testing of control systems for autonomous vessels is proposed. The work is motivated by the need for increased test coverage and formalism in the verification efforts. It aims ...
    • Automation and autonomous systems: Human-centred design in drilling and wells 

      Johnsen, Stig Ole; Holen, Siri Mariane; Aalberg, Asbjørn Lein; Bjørkevoll, Knut Steinar; Evjemo, Tor Erik; Johansen, Gorm Idar; Myklebust, Thor; Okstad, Eivind Halvard; Pavlov, Alexey; Porathe, Thomas (Research report, 2021)
      This report is based on an assignment commissioned by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) with the theme of human-centred design and human-machine interfaces in the development and implementation of autonomous ...
    • Autonom baneplanlegging for auto dokking av ferjer 

      Johansen, Thomas (Master thesis, 2019)
      Hovedproblemet i denne oppgaven har vært å identifisere og utvikle en algoritme for baneplanlegging for auto dokking av autonome ferjer. Den foreslåtte planleggeren løser problemet som er ulineært optimeringsproblem og ...
    • Autonom kailegging av skip ved bruk av nærhetssensorer 

      Edvard Meyer Flaatten (Master thesis, 2019)
      Denne avhandlingen presenterer utformingen av et kontrollsystem for autonom kailegging av skip ved hjelp av nærhetssensorer. Simuleringer og eksperimenter har blitt utført med moddelfartøyet C/S Inocean Cat I Drillship. ...
    • Autonom stegvis banegenerering og banefølging for en undervannsdrone 

      Lundby, Erlend Torje Berg (Master thesis, 2019)
      Denne oppgaven presenterer de hovedkomponentene til en Autonom Undervannsfarkost (AUV) som erknyttet til kontroll og overordnede beslutninger i det autonome systemet. Dette inkluderer et systemsom er ansvarlig for ...
    • Autonomous Behavior for Homingand Docking of Underwater Vehicles 

      Moltu, Signe Birch (Master thesis, 2020)
      Denne masteroppgaven foreslår en A*-algoritme for homing av undervannsfarkoster for å minimere driftskostnadene og begrense menneskelige feil, samtidig som det sikres en trygg og kort vei for farkosten. Homing er navnet ...
    • Autonomous Docking for Marine Vessels Using a Lidar and Proximity Sensors. 

      Spange, Joachim (Master thesis, 2016)
      This thesis reviews the development of an autonomous docking feature for a marine vessel in a small-scale, sheltered, environment. Proximity sensors are added to aid the autonomous exploration by detecting obstacles outside ...
    • Autonomous Docking of Surface Vessels to Harbour using Mode-Based Hybrid Control 

      Birte Larsgård Steinsvik (Master thesis, 2019)
      Teknologien utviklar seg raskt og digitalisering er i vinden i alle delar av samfunnet. Den maritime industrien er ikkje eit unntak, og teknologiske løysingar vert implementert overalt for å auke effektivitet og sikkerheit. ...
    • Autonomous docking system of AUV 

      Jaehyeong Hwang (Master thesis, 2022)
      Performance for autonomous docking algorithm of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle(AUV) to the towed docking station has been done. While affected by external disturbance, cur- rent, the AUV finds its path to the docking station ...
    • Autonomous Exploration for Marine Minerals 

      Sture, Øystein (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2022:393, Doctoral thesis, 2022)
      The availability of minerals is essential for the production of goods and the development of sustainable technologies. The mineral demand is expected to increase in the coming years as a result of population growth and ...
    • Autonomous Grasping Using Novel Distance Estimator 

      Skaldebø, Martin Breivik; Haugaløkken, Bent Oddvar Arnesen; Schjølberg, Ingrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This paper introduces a novel distance estimator using monocular vision for autonomous underwater grasping. The presented method is also applicable to topside grasping operations. The estimator is developed for robot ...
    • Autonomous guidance, stepwise path planning, and path-following control with anti-collision for autonomous marine robots 

      Zhou, Hongyu (Master thesis, 2020)
      This thesis presents methods for autonomous guidance, stepwise path planning, and path-following control with anti-collision and COLREGs compliance. The system is validated through simulations. Two waypoint generation ...
    • Autonomous heading control in position mooring with thruster assist 

      Johannessen, Silje Aarvik (Master thesis, 2017)
      The main topic of this thesis is Thruster-Assisted Position Mooring (TAPM), which is a positioning system for automatic thruster assistance of a moored structure. The system has been commercially available since the late ...