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Towards the unmanned merchant ship: The MUNIN Project

Towards the unmanned merchant ship: The MUNIN Project. 3 rd Workshop on European Unmanned Maritime Systems Porto, May 30 th 2014. Ørnulf Jan RØDSETH, Research Director MARINTEK Dept. Maritime Transport Systems OrnulfJan.Rodseth@marintek.sintef.no http://www.unmanned-ship.org. Content.

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Towards the unmanned merchant ship: The MUNIN Project

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  1. Towards the unmanned merchant ship:The MUNIN Project 3rd Workshop on European Unmanned Maritime SystemsPorto, May 30th 2014 Ørnulf Jan RØDSETH, Research DirectorMARINTEK Dept. Maritime Transport SystemsOrnulfJan.Rodseth@marintek.sintef.no http://www.unmanned-ship.org

  2. Content Introduction to MUNIN Rationale for unmanned ships Problems with unmanned ship Application in other domains Conclusion and summary

  3. Introduction to MUNIN Maritime Unmanned Navigation through Intelligence in Networks Munin ("mind") is one of Odin's two ravens flying out in the morning and reporting news of the world to their master in the evening. Hugin ("thought"), the other raven, isalso the name of a commercially successful autonomous submarine (AUV). Here, MUNIN is the name of a new EU project researching theunmanned, autonomous ship.

  4. Partners in MUNIN Fraunhofer CML (DE) – Research, Coordinator MARINTEK (NO) – Research Chalmers (SE) – University Hochschule Wismar (DE) – University Aptomar (NO) – Industry MarineSoft (DE) – Industry Marorka (IS) – Industry University College Cork (IE) - University

  5. Project details Duration: 01.09-2012 – 31.08.2015 Funding: 2.9 million EUR Activity code: SST.2012.5.2-5:E-guided vessels: the 'autonomous' ship

  6. Objectives • Develop and test unmanned ship concepts • Main technical investigations on • Technical maintenance for high availability • Navigation support for unmanned bridge • Remote operations, shore coordination, including VTS/Pilot/SAR • Energy savings potential • Base case is medium size dry bulk carrier • Verify concept in system of simulators • Examine legal and contractual constraints • CBA and applications in today's shipping as well as other ship types

  7. Content Introduction to MUNIN Rationale for unmanned ships Main problems with unmanned ship Application in other domains Conclusion and summary

  8. WaterBorne TP

  9. Autonomous Slow Steaming • Environmentally • Reduce CO2 emissions with 54% • Economically • Lower fuel costs (but higher hire) • Offset increased crew costs due to longer voyage • Societal • Make crew available for more demanding tasks, closer to home, offset lack of crew, increase job attractiveness

  10. New ship concepts Source Rolls Royce Holdings

  11. New ship concepts Source Rolls Royce Holdings

  12. Content Introduction to MUNIN Rationale for unmanned ships Main problems with unmanned ship Communication issues Application in other domains Conclusion and summary

  13. Communication technology andinformation transfer AMVER July 2012: www.amver.org Dependent on trade area and cost one have to expect varying degree of communication service (bandwidth, latency and reliability)!

  14. Lookout and collission avoidance Key challenges are to integrate sensors and to classify objects automatically Radar and AIS are on board – enhancements are available. Small object detection radar, IR cameras, low light cameras etc. are available.

  15. Manoeuvres in difficult conditions Less of a problem for bulk carriers.

  16. System robustness New approaches to component redundancy as well as preventive maintenance are required. Today ship safety is to some degree based on the ability to repair equipment during voyage. Autonomous ships need very high confidence level against critical failures during sea leg! High reliability, redundancy and fail-to-safe mechanisms required!

  17. Ship-shore coordination New operational principles and procedures are required. Human factor is a challenge in shore side remote operations. • Ship operator needs a central operations centre ashore. • Coordination with other entities when necessary: • Other (autonomous) ships • Pilot, VTS … • General ship reporting (FAL, SOLAS) • SAR • …

  18. Legal and contractual issues A major challenge: It will take time before we see the first fully autonomous ship! Who is in charge of the ship – no master ? Flag state jurisdiction without master ? COLREGS ? Insurance and liability ? Safety at sea – SAR ? …

  19. Piracy and hostile interference • Reduction of attractiveness • No crew to ransom • Cargo cannot easily be moved • Ship can be tracked • Countermeasures • Secure communication • Multi-layer navigation system • Fail to safe when communication fails • Protected access to control of ship

  20. Address the challenges:Fit the use cases to the restrictions ! • Berth • Departure • Transit • Approach • Berth Dry bulk ship on inter- continental voyage. LNG as fuel? Select: • Long deep-sea-voyage • Low risk cargo • Slow steaming attractiveness • Avoid complications near shore

  21. Content Introduction to MUNIN Rationale for unmanned ships Main problems with unmanned ship Application in other domains Conclusion and summary

  22. Limitations in communication services: Fallacies of distributed computing assumptions We need better methods to integrate QoS of communication in distributed systems design. L. Peter Deutsch, SUN Microsystems The network is reliable. Latency is zero. Bandwidth is infinite. The network is secure. Topology doesn't change. There is one administrator. Transport cost is zero. The network is homogeneous.

  23. The right level of autonomy Degree of autonomy Intelligent Onboard route planning Autonomous Collision avoidance Automatic Route keeping MUNIN Focus Fail to safe Emergency stop Shore side operation centre Remote control Degree of uncertainty None Full freedom Simple and robust Constrained freedom Flexible, known response

  24. Need a good method for responsibility sharing between AS and human control 24

  25. Organisation of a Remote Control Centre 25

  26. Manage risk Fail to safe SCC: Initiate recovery Define manageable use cases Remove complexity Simplify operations Provide redundancy Quantify risks Verify assumptions …

  27. Content Introduction to MUNIN Rationale for unmanned ships Main problems with unmanned ship Application in other domains Conclusion and summary

  28. Is the autonomous ship possible? Technology is mostly available: Need to be integrated and improved Integration in maritime transport system is a challenge: Shore, other ships, SAR Legal issues and liability clearly a potential show stopper today

  29. What can be transferred to other industry ? • General methods for design of industrial autonomous systems • Effects of communication QoS, better models of wireless QoS • Share of responsibilities between autonomous system and remote control: Level of autonomy? • Design of remote control centres • Risk reduction strategies

  30. … and afterwards to full scale tests! Thankyou for yourattention!

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