Voyage - Exploring interfaces for autonomous maritime systems

By Thomas Wang Johannesen

Through research, field studies, interviews, mapping and prototyping, I have explored and developed a proposal for a modular fleet control and data management tool for Unmanned Surface Vessels. In other words; a software for operators and marine researchers to plan and execute several unmanned missions at sea simultaneously, as well as tools for analysis and sharing of the ocean data collected. This software could be used in a multiscreen setup at a fixed shore control centre, onboard a mother ship or as a scaled down mobile version for field surveys.

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Diploma project Design Interaction design 2020
Project type
Diploma project
Programme
Design
Fields of expertise
Interaction design
Year
2020

Supervisor:

Mosse Sjaastad
Kjetil Nordby

Maritime industries are complex workplaces were human and environmental safety is critical. Innovations in the field of Artifical Intelligence, wireless technology and robotics are enabling new ways to perform dangerous or repetitive tasks at sea without having people onboard. Small Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV) can carry sensors in ways that before have been too expensive or risky with traditional methods and offer great advantages in data collection from our oceans. Gathering of knowledge and data over long periods of time is key to understanding our oceans and for a sustainable future.

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My work is building on the OpenBridge design guidelines, developed at the Ocean Industries Concept Lab, at AHO. For more detailed info, please check out the project: thomaswangj.com/voyage. 

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Contact

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Thomas Wang Johannesen / thomaswangj@gmail.com / thomaswangj.myportfolio.com

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