Systems and associated methods for rapid integration and control of payloads carded by a multi-mode, unmanned vehicle configured to accommodate a variety of payloads of varying size, shape, and interface and control characteristics. Mechanical, power, signal, and logical interfaces to a variety of payloads operate to enable environmental protection, efficient placement and connection to the vehicle, and control of those payloads in multiple environmental modes as well as operational modes (including in air, on the surface of water surface, and underwater).

An unmanned, autonomous, self-sustaining and self-repairable floating platform which is positioned at a fixed location within the sea, capable of constantly monitoring, without having to be removed, a specific maritime zone including a sea surface area and the aerial and underwater space pertaining to this sea surface area, the platform comprising telecommunication means adapted to exchange surveillance related information with a Command, Communication and Control center. The platform comprises a deck maintained well above sea surface through a connecting member with an underlying, fully or partially submerged, system of floaters and is equipped with a variety of sensors and surveillance systems such as radar, Li-dar, sonar, electromagnetic, unmanned vehicles (UAVs, UUVs and USVs), active and passive self-protection systems as well as research and rescue equipment. A mast having a substantial height (usually 40-50 m) and equipped with appropriate surveillance devices is mounted and ex-tends vertically upwardly the deck.

An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is configured to record seismic signals during a marine seismic survey. The AUV includes a body having a base (B) and first and second sides (A, C), the body having a head part and a tail part; a propulsion system for guiding the AUV to a final target on the ocean bottom; a seismic sensor configured to record seismic signals; and an anchoring system configured to rock or twist the base in a given sequence so that the base (B) penetrates into the ocean bottom.

A subsurface battery system includes a ballast mass at the seafloor, a deep-sea electronics module, having an interface to seafloor payloads, and a subsurface buoyant pressure vessel having a battery. The ballast mass is attached to the deep-sea electronics module. The deep-sea electronics module is connected to the battery. The subsurface buoyant pressure vessel is submerged to a water depth of approximately 50 meters to 500 meters. The system is used for powering the seafloor payloads.

A boat that operate autonomously or by remote control, and may be operated without on-board personnel (unmanned) or may be operated in conjunction with onboard personnel, and to methods of using such boats at sea.

A sea-surface vessel configured to operate in an autonomous mode and to implement autonomous operation of one or more undersea autonomous vehicles is described herein. The sea-surface vehicle comprising a first control system on board the sea-surface vessel for implementing autonomous control of the sea-surface vessel, wherein the autonomous mode of operation includes a remotely controlled mode of operation of the sea-surface vessel, a first communications system for sending data and receiving data between an autonomous undersea vehicle and the sea surface vessel, a second control system for controlling the autonomous undersea vehicle by using information transmitted from the first communications system, the information including a command for activation of at least one pre-programmed maneuver for the autonomous undersea vehicle, a navigation system on board the sea-surface vessel for locating the sea-surface vessel and for providing the location information to the first control system, a thrust system for controlling sea-surface vessel speed and direction according to control instructions from the first control system and a second communications system on board the sea-surface vessel for exchanging information with a remote management system, wherein the remote management system sends information for activating at least one autonomous pre-programmed maneuver of the sea-surface vehicle and the remote management system receives information from the sea-surface vessel, including data from the undersea vehicle.

A system of modular components can be used with existing sensor suites to fuse data and determine the operating environment (surface contacts/tracks) for an autonomous marine vehicle and feed an autonomy decision engine to improve the vessel arbitration process in deciding which way to turn, how fast to go, obstacle avoidance, and mission monitoring. The system includes the ability to obey the set of navigation rules published by the International Maritime Organization. Generally referred to as COLREGS (collision regulations).

The present application discloses is a scheduling method and system for fully autonomous waterborne inter terminal transportation, and belongs to the field of transportation. The method includes: establishing a dynamic scheduling model for waterborne Autonomous guided vessels (wAGVs); quickly inserting the dynamically arriving transportation tasks into all the existing wAGV paths, calculating the insertion cost and selecting the path and position with the lowest insertion cost to obtain updated initial paths; improving the initial path using a heuristic algorithm based on tabu search to obtain quasi-optimal wAGV paths; executing the scheduling wAGV paths. The scheduling model of the present application is based on the combinatorial optimization, and considers performance indexes such as transportation distance and customer satisfaction, and constraints such as time window and loading capacity. An initial path by using an insertion method within the framework of rolling horizon is constructed. The initial path is then optimized and improved by designing a tabu search heuristic so that obtaining quasi-optimal multi-wAGV paths are obtained in real time. This system is helpful to improve the autonomy level of large ports.

The present invention comprises a self-propelled craft with a U-shaped main body provided with two turbines, one on each flap of the U-shaped main body, which propel the self-propelled craft through turbine operation in a chamber fed by water received by water intakes which is ejected by the ejection openings, and which turbines move inside the turbine operation chamber adopting automatically one of two possible positions due to the casing which is placed in two different positions within the turbine operation chamber, which positioning results from the placement of the device on the water being done by side A or B, the water intake being done through existing water entrances on side A or B of the device.

The present disclosure relates to a system for fresh water supply using a desalination vessel and an autonomous navigation vessel, and more particularly, to a system for fresh water supply using a desalination vessel and an autonomous navigation vessel capable of, in providing fresh water to a plurality of islands using a vessel equipped with a desalination apparatus and an autonomous navigation vessel, setting an optimal fresh water supply route in consideration of the fresh water retention status of islands, location information of islands, and fresh water requirement amount for each route, and based on this, supplying fresh water to each of the islands, thereby minimizing the operation cost of the vessels and stably providing fresh water to the islands requiring fresh water, and the system for fresh water supply using a desalination vessel.