Design of an Autonomous Latching System for Surface Vessels
David Fernández-Gutiérrez,Niklas Hagemann,Wei Wang,Rens Doornbusch,Joshua Jordan,Jonathan Schiphorst,Pietro Leoni,Fabio Duarte,Carlo Ratti,Daniela Rus,David Fernández-Gutiérrez,Niklas Hagemann,Wei Wang,Rens Doornbusch,Joshua Jordan,Jonathan Schiphorst,Pietro Leoni,Fabio Duarte,Carlo Ratti,Daniela Rus
Autonomous latching is essential for autonomous surface vessels (ASV) to reach full independence from human intervention. As part of the ASV Roboat project, a new solution for self-latching maneuvers has been developed and is presented here. We propose a system that has the key requirements of full integration with the navigation control system and zero-gap connection with the dock, the latter bei...
