Title :
COLREGS-based navigation of autonomous marine vehicles
Author :
Benjamin, Michael R. ; Curcio, Joseph A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ocean Eng., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
This paper addresses the issue of autonomous control and safe navigation in an unmanned marine vehicle. Primarily it is concerned with the issue of effective collision avoidance. The first part of the paper examines known legal issues regarding autonomous marine vehicles, and the second part addresses how to provide an autonomous COLREGS capability in an autonomous marine vehicle.
Keywords :
collision avoidance; marine vehicles; mobile robots; remotely operated vehicles; autonomous COLREGS; autonomous control; autonomous marine vehicles; collision avoidance; unmanned marine vehicle; Business; Constitution; Law; Legal factors; Marine vehicles; Mobile robots; Navigation; Remotely operated vehicles; Sea surface; Underwater vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, 2004 IEEE/OES
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8543-8
DOI :
10.1109/AUV.2004.1431190
