Unmanned Safe Maritime Operations Over The Horizon (USMOOTH)

Completed

Renewable Energy Sources(Ocean Energy)
Renewable Energy Sources(Wind Energy)
Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Other oil and gas)
Not Energy Related

Applied Research and Development

PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Applied Mathematics)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting

Project Contact
Autonomous Surface Vehicles Limited

Collaborative Research & Development

Innovate UK

01 July 2015

30 June 2017

24 months

£819,037

South East

Competition Call: 1410_CRD2_TRANS_MAS - Maritime Autonomous Systems. Activity Maritime autonomous systems

Project Contact, Autonomous Surface Vehicles Limited

Project Contact, Cranfield University
Project Contact, D-RISQ Limited

The USMOOTH project addresses regulatory and safety issues appertaining to unmanned Over The Horizon (OTH) operations of Unmanned Surface Vessels and will develop robust vessel behaviours, reliable communications, situational awareness and a robust safety case. ASV has teamed with; D-RisQ, to introduce from the aerospace domain accredited software development techniques; Cranfield University, to further develop collision avoidance algorithms; safety specialist Frazer Nash Consultancy and the Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) to provide safety and regulatory expertise. Success in this project will accelerate UK industrial penetration into offshore energy, scientific and defence markets for tasks such as subsea positioning environmental monitoring and maritime security. The approach is to address USV technologies alongside their human operators introducing a holistic solution to robustly address the safety constraints blocking current USV deployment.The USMOOTH project addresses regulatory and safety issues appertaining to unmanned Over The Horizon (OTH) operations of Unmanned Surface Vessels and will develop robust vessel behaviours, reliable communications, situational awareness and a robust safety case. ASV has teamed with; D-RisQ, to introduce from the aerospace domain accredited software development techniques; Cranfield University, to further develop collision avoidance algorithms; safety specialist Frazer Nash Consultancy and the Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) to provide safety and regulatory expertise. Success in this project will accelerate UK industrial penetration into offshore energy, scientific and defence markets for tasks such as subsea positioning environmental monitoring and maritime security. The approach is to address USV technologies alongside their human operators introducing a holistic solution to robustly address the safety constraints blocking current USV deployment.The USMOOTH project addresses regulatory and safety issues appertaining to unmanned Over The Horizon (OTH) operations of Unmanned Surface Vessels and will develop robust vessel behaviours, reliable communications, situational awareness and a robust safety case. ASV has teamed with; D-RisQ, to introduce from the aerospace domain accredited software development techniques; Cranfield University, to further develop collision avoidance algorithms; safety specialist Frazer Nash Consultancy and the Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) to provide safety and regulatory expertise. Success in this project will accelerate UK industrial penetration into offshore energy, scientific and defence markets for tasks such as subsea positioning environmental monitoring and maritime security. The approach is to address USV technologies alongside their human operators introducing a holistic solution to robustly address the safety constraints blocking current USV deployment.

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