• A review of path planning algorithms in maritime autonomous surface ships: Navigation safety perspective 

      Ozturk, Ulku; Akdag, Melih; Ayabakan, Tarik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Unmanned maritime systems are evolving in a rapidly changing environment. Although the regulation and international law processes are still in progress, there are numerous research attempts regarding autonomous maritime ...
    • Safety and COLREG evaluation for marine collision avoidance algorithms 

      Hagen, Inger Berge; Vassbotn, Olav; Skogvold, Morten; Johansen, Tor Arne; Brekke, Edmund Førland (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Verification is a necessary step in system development, so too for autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs). However, formal and analytical verification methods are not well suited for such highly complex systems. Simulation-based ...
    • A sensitivity quantification approach to significance analysis of thrusters in dynamic positioning operations. 

      Wang, Chunlin; Li, Guoyuan; Skulstad, Robert; Cheng, Xu; Osen, Ottar Laurits; Zhang, Houxiang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The safety of offshore operations is highly dependent on the dynamic positioning (DP) capability of a vessel. Meanwhile, DP capability comes down to the ability of the thrust generated by thrusters to counteract environmental ...
    • Towards autonomous contact-free operations in aquaculture 

      Brandt, Martin Albertsen; Herland, Sverre; Gutsch, Martin; Ludvigsen, Halgeir; Grøtli, Esten Ingar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      As offshore fish farms are established farther away from the shore, increased exposure to the elements prevents regular operations from being performed safely with vessels moored alongside the flexible fish cage and personnel ...