Indonesia is a maritime country that has vast coastal resources and biodiversity. To support the Indonesian maritime program, a topography mapping tool is needed. The ideal topography mapping tool is the Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV). This paper proposes the design, manufacture, and development of an affordable autonomous USV. The USV which is composed of thruster and rudder is quite complicated to build. This study employs rudderless and double thrusters as the main actuators. PID compensator is utilized as the feedback control for the autonomous USV. Energy consumption is measured when the USV is in autonomous mode. The Dynamics model of USV was implemented to study the roll stability of the proposed USV. Open-source Mission Planner software was selected as the Ground Control Station (GCS) software. Performance tests were carried out by providing the USV with an autonomous mission to follow a specific trajectory. The results showed that the developed USV was able to complete autonomous mission with relatively small errors, making it suitable for underwater topography mapping.
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