arXiv:2505.06787cs.ROcs.SY2025-05被引 3

搭建数字物理混合测试平台,低成本验证无人船自主导航算法。

Digital-physical testbed for ship autonomy studies in the Marine Cybernetics Laboratory basin

  • 结合模型船与仿真环境,构建可迭代的数字孪生测试系统。
  • 支持从低保真到高保真仿真,最终实现小尺度实船验证。
  • 适合无人船算法研发人员进行早期安全测试与验证。

为海上自主水面船舶(MASS)开发的算法常因实际船只测试成本高、安全隐患大而难以验证。仿真虽成本低且无风险,但可能无法准确反映真实动态。利用小型模型船与机器人船在实验室水池中测试,可提供早期验证的可行环境。然而,单次测试设计模型船成本高且资源有限。为此,我们开发了自主测试平台,涵盖小型模型船、每艘船的仿真环境、完整测试框架及基于Unity的数字孪生系统。该平台构建了从低保真到高保真仿真、再到模型尺度实船测试的全流程验证体系,并可扩展至半全尺寸验证(使用R/V milliAmpere1)和全尺寸验证(使用R/V Gunnerus)。本文展示该测试平台的开发进展及其在船舶自主导航、控制(GNC)算法验证中的有效性。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

The algorithms developed for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) are often challenging to test on actual vessels due to high operational costs and safety considerations. Simulations offer a cost-effective alternative and eliminate risks, but they may not accurately represent real-world dynamics for the given tasks. Utilizing small-scale model ships and robotic vessels in conjunction with a laboratory basin provides an accessible testing environment for the early stages of validation processes. However, designing and developing a model vessel for a single test can be costly and cumbersome, and researchers often lack access to such infrastructure. To address these challenges and enable streamlined testing, we have developed an in-house testbed that facilitates the development, testing, verification, and validation of MASS algorithms in a digital-physical laboratory. This infrastructure includes a set of small-scale model vessels, a simulation environment for each vessel, a comprehensive testbed environment, and a digital twin in Unity. With this, we aim to establish a full design and verification pipeline that starts from low-fidelity and moves up to high-fidelity simulation models of each vessel, and thereby to the model-scale testing of the vessel in the laboratory basin. Further advancement allows moving towards semi-full-scale validation with R/V milliAmpere1 and full-scale validation with R/V Gunnerus. In this work, we present our progress on the development of this testbed environment and its components, demonstrating its effectiveness in enabling ship autonomy guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) algorithms.

无人船数字孪生测试平台仿真验证

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