TY - CONF
T1 - Remote Operation of Unmanned Surface Vessel through Virtual Reality
AU - Lager, Mårten
AU - Topp, Elin Anna
AU - Malec, Jacek
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - An unmanned ship can be designed without considering humancomfort, and can thus be constructed lighter, smaller and less expensive.It can carry out missions in rough terrain or be in areaswhere it would be dangerous for a human to operate. By not havingto support a crew, lengthy missions can be accepted, enabling, e.g.reconnaissance missions, or reducing emissions by lowering thespeed.Breakthroughs with autonomous systems enable more advancedunmanned surface vessels (USVs), but to be able to handle complexmissions in a dynamic environment, a human operator is stillassumed an effective decision maker. Thus, we propose a methodfor remote operation of a USV, where the operator uses VirtualReality (VR) to comprehend the surrounding environment. Greatimportance has been given to the ability to perform safe navigation,by designing a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that guides the operatorthrough the navigation process, by presenting the importantinformation at the right place in the right orientation.
AB - An unmanned ship can be designed without considering humancomfort, and can thus be constructed lighter, smaller and less expensive.It can carry out missions in rough terrain or be in areaswhere it would be dangerous for a human to operate. By not havingto support a crew, lengthy missions can be accepted, enabling, e.g.reconnaissance missions, or reducing emissions by lowering thespeed.Breakthroughs with autonomous systems enable more advancedunmanned surface vessels (USVs), but to be able to handle complexmissions in a dynamic environment, a human operator is stillassumed an effective decision maker. Thus, we propose a methodfor remote operation of a USV, where the operator uses VirtualReality (VR) to comprehend the surrounding environment. Greatimportance has been given to the ability to perform safe navigation,by designing a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that guides the operatorthrough the navigation process, by presenting the importantinformation at the right place in the right orientation.
KW - Remote Operation
KW - Virtual Reality
KW - Unmanned Surface Vessel
KW - Navigation
KW - Autonomous Surface Vessel
KW - Cognitive Load
M3 - Paper, not in proceeding
T2 - The Inaugural International Workshop on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality for Human-Robot Interaction (VAM-HRI), 2018
Y2 - 5 March 2018 through 5 March 2018
ER -