A little over a week ago, I had the privilege of presenting our work, "Uncertainty-Aware Decision Making for Safe Navigation of Autonomous Ships," at the 15th International Federation of Automatic Control #CAMS24 conference, held at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA.
In our research, we introduced a novel risk assessment method that factors in not just the collision probability, but also the uncertainty in the future behavior of other vessels. By accounting for these uncertainties, our approach helps to ensure that future #autonomous #surfacevessels can navigate more safely and make more informed decisions in complex and dynamic maritime environments. This method offers a fresh perspective on enhancing safety in autonomous shipping and can play a critical role in future maritime operations.
This work was presented as part of the invited session on "Guidance, Navigation, and Control for Autonomous Surface Vessels," and I would like to thank the session chairs Abhishek Dhyani & Yan-Yun Zhang for hosting a exciting session, and to the conference organizer, Craig Woolsey, for putting together an exciting and inspiring conference.
Lastly, I would like to thank my co-authors, Yaqub Aris Prabowo, Dimitrios Papageorgiou & Roberto Galeazzi, for their contributions to this work.
After the conference, I decided to go on a small road-trip from Virginia through the Carolina's to Georgia to visit my friend Shreyas Kousik at Georgia Institute of Technology, see his new lab and hang out for bit in Atlanta (hopefully I will be back next year for ICRA2025, fingers crossed!). It was great fun to see the thing the students were up to, and to work in different research setting once again, plus it is always fun to hear other students talk about their work!
#marinerobotics #autonomousnavigation #maritimetechnology #research #innovation #riskassessment
