Intelligent Unmanned Surface Vehicles with Safe Navigation and Docking in Harsh Marine Environment

Marine Thinking aims at building a thriving business and using cutting edge AI technologies to transform the marine sector, starting in Atlantic Canada. The project is to develop advanced machine learning algorithms for the guidance, navigation and control unit of the USV, to have a safe navigation with hybrid path planning, obstacle avoidance, intelligent robust control subject to wave, current and wind etc., in harsh marine environment. The interns will develop theories and do extensive simulation and experimental studies. The USV with an automatic docking station is designed to facilitate an autonomous system capable of doing underwater surveys with AUVs, patrols and fishery activities. The company will benefit from having well-tested USVs which can safely self-navigate without interventions. The results will help the company to improve their competitiveness and have larger share of the market in marine industry. The Canadian community will benefit from the state-of-the-art research project.

Faculty Supervisor:

Ya-Jun Pan

Student:

Partner:

Marine Thinking

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Aquaculture and Fishing; Artificial Intelligence; Technology

University:

Dalhousie University

Program: