Collision Avoidance for autonomous ships (MASS): making assumptions about other ships intended routes
Chapter
Accepted version
Date
2022Metadata
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10.3850/978-981-18-5183-4_R15-11-431-cdAbstract
Research on Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) have considerably gained momentum. Norway’s first “autonomous” short-sea container vessel, Yara Birkeland, has started to sail in 2022, albeit in the beginning with crew onboard. Within a new 8 year-long research project, SFI AutoShip, automatic collision avoidance is studied. This paper argues that a crucial point for the safety of autonomous navigation is the assumptions made about other ship’s intended routes. In this paper a discussion and a concept for a methodical approach and available methods are presented. At the same time, it is important to make these assumptions readily visible for operators in a shore control centre. The paper concludes with pointing to the e-navigation features “route exchange” and “moving havens” as possible contributors to knowledge of other ships intentions.