System design and evaluation method for practical development of autonomous ships

Wada, Suisei; Sawada, Ryohei; Maki, Atsuo

Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 2025

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Title
System design and evaluation method for practical development of autonomous ships
Creator
CreatorName
Wada, Suisei
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CreatorName
Sawada, Ryohei
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1000050556496 1000050556496
ORCID
0000-0002-2819-1297 0000-0002-2819-1297
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atsuo_maki atsuo_maki
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24503751100 24503751100
CreatorName
Maki, Atsuo
Subject
Autonomous ship
Model ship
Ship experiment
System design
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The version of record of this article, first published in Journal of Marine Science and Technology, is available online at Publisher’s website: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00773-025-01072-0.
Abstract
To develop a sophisticated ship system, such as an autonomous ship, experiments using a real ship are essential to evaluate its performance and behavior of the developing system. However, it is difficult to evaluate it installed on various ships, which have different configurations of actuators and sensors. This paper describes a design method of evaluation platform for autonomous ships that easily adapts the target system to different configured ships. The method is based on a distributed architecture, and the system consists of an abstracted hardware driver and target system connected through the communication bus. This paper explains a design method and an example module design. The authors implemented the system using the proposed architecture and showed an example of porting the system to another ship. In addition, this paper discusses the advantages and points to note associated with certification processes, such as classification approvals, when applying the proposed design method to actual development.
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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Journal of Marine Science and Technology
Date of Issued
2025-07-12
Language
English
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https://hdl.handle.net/11094/102600
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09484280
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14378213
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00773-025-01072-0
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open access
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