CAMILLA FRUZZETTI

Shortly, it is expected to have hybrid marine scenarios in which manned and unmanned vehicles navigate in the same environment. The study of the interactions between autonomous and human-controlled vessels becomes essential to improve and make the control systems more resilient. For such a reason, this paper shows a simulation architecture to...

A Dynamic Positioning system automatically maintains both the position and heading of a vessel by using its thrusters in the presence of external disturbances. This goal is ensured by a controller that compensates for the environmental disturbances and computes the proper set-points for each actuator. The core of such a system is composed of...

The paper aims to show the design procedure for a Class-2 dynamic positioning system, from initial conceptualisation to factory assessment test. The approach involves the use of simulation-based design combined with hardware in the loop testing. This kind of approach involves a detailed knowledge of the investigated ship but gives significant...