Autonomy for Ships: System Thinking and Engineering

Dittmann, Kjeld

doi:10.23919/softcom55329.2022.9911446

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“…The introduction of autonomous ships, exemplified by projects such as Dittmann's [16], offers a transformative solution to key challenges in the maritime industry, promising lower operating costs, better environmental practices and reduced human fatigue. Despite the potential benefits, the lack of international rules and regulations for these innovative ship designs is a regulatory hurdle that must be overcome in order to fully realize the efficiency gains, human resource improvements and accident prevention associated with the widespread use of autonomous ships.…”

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Challenges for the Education and Training of Seafarers in the Context of Autonomous Shipping: Bibliometric Analysis and Systematic Literature Review

Meštrović,

Pavić,

Maljković

et al. 2024

Applied Sciences

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The maritime industry is undergoing a profound transformation with the integration of autonomous technologies, which brings new challenges and opportunities for the education and training of seafarers. This article aims to examine the evolving landscape of autonomous ships and its impact on maritime education, with a focus on the changing roles and responsibilities of seafarers. The levels of autonomy defined by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) provide a framework for understanding the evolution towards fully autonomous ships and highlight the changing roles and responsibilities of seafarers. Using a systematic review based on the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA), this study examines maritime education for maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS). Using Scopus, Web of Science (WoS) and Google Scholar, a comprehensive search was conducted to identify relevant studies focusing on seafarer training and the impact of automation in the maritime sector. The analysis included bibliometric assessments, historical reviews and a categorization of research topics. This systematic review contributes to a deeper understanding of the current state and trends in maritime education for autonomous shipping. The findings inform educators and industry stakeholders about the critical aspects of education and training needed to address the challenges and realize the potential benefits of autonomous technologies in the maritime sector. The inclusion of bibliometric analysis enriches the study by providing a comprehensive overview of the researchers.

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confidence: 99%

Challenges for the Education and Training of Seafarers in the Context of Autonomous Shipping: Bibliometric Analysis and Systematic Literature Review

Meštrović,

Pavić,

Maljković

et al. 2024

Applied Sciences

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“…Some, like Fisher et al, have suggested conceptual frameworks to isolate out the high-level and low-level control elements in an autonomous system, and to regulate each separately, with special attention paid to more safety-critical elements [40]. Other work, particularly in the medical context, has suggested basic prerequisite steps to facilitate regulation of autonomous systems, such as common data definitions, standards, and security protocols [41], [42]. And still other researchers have focused on generating evidence that can be used by a certification authority to judge the validity of the autonomous system [43]- [45].…”

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A Path Dependent Approach for Characterizing the Legal Governance of Autonomous Systems

Borson

2022

IEEE Access

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Autonomous systems promise significant improvements in many fields. These systems will be subject to legal governance requirements. The literature has largely focused on "autonomous governance" as a framework that is broadly applicable to autonomous devices regardless of the type of system (e.g., aviation or motor vehicles) at issue. While there are regulatory principles applicable to autonomous systems generally, an "autonomy-focused" approach is an inadequate lens to consider the governance of these systems. Rather, because autonomous systems are improvements of currently regulated complex systems, the regulation of autonomous elements will occur within those systems' preexisting regulatory framework. Accordingly, the nature of future autonomous regulation will likely depend on the preexisting features of that substantive system, rather than on an optimal approach divorced from that history, an attribute known in the social science literature as path dependency. In order to characterize diverse regulated systems with an eye toward assessing future autonomous developments, we develop a framework of regulatory approaches to identify specific features of the preexisting regulatory scheme for a given system. We then analyze that approach by examining three different regulatory regimes (aviation, motor vehicles, and medical devices), across two different continents, and consider how the same type of requirement, e.g., fail-safe systems, can lead to different types of regulations depending on the differing baseline framework.

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Autonomy for Ships: System Thinking and Engineering

Cited by 2 publications

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Challenges for the Education and Training of Seafarers in the Context of Autonomous Shipping: Bibliometric Analysis and Systematic Literature Review

Challenges for the Education and Training of Seafarers in the Context of Autonomous Shipping: Bibliometric Analysis and Systematic Literature Review

A Path Dependent Approach for Characterizing the Legal Governance of Autonomous Systems

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