Sensors and AI Techniques for Situational Awareness in Autonomous Ships: A Review
Journal: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
Year: 2020

Autonomous ships are expected to improve the level of safety and efficiency in future maritime navigation. Such vessels need perception for two purposes: to perform autonomous situational awareness and to monitor the integrity of the sensor system itself. In order to meet these needs, the perception system must fuse data from novel and traditional perception sensors using Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques. This article overviews the recognized operational requirements that are imposed on r