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Safe unmanned shipping with echolocation
Autonomous inland shipping is coming closer thanks to 3D sonar sensors. These sensors work in a similar way to the echolocation that bats use to manoeuvre safely through their surroundings.
9 January 2021
©Simon Berstecher
The University of Antwerp (UAntwerp) and the Port of Antwerp in Belgium are looking into how 3D sonar sensors can make automated shipping safer. Unmanned shipping offers many advantages, such as lower staffing costs and the option of circumventing expensive road transport.
Sensors
Research group CoSys-Lab van at the Faculty of Applied Engineering Sciences (UAntwerp) is developing sensor systems for, among other things, autonomous boats. The 3D sonar sensors continuously monitor a ship’s surroundings. These sensors would be able to replace existing cameras. Unlike cameras, the sensors are not affected by dust, water, mud, smoke and fog. As a result, they can always form a clear picture of the surrounding environment.

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