arXiv:2603.02487cs.RO2026-03

构建高保真海上自动驾驶仿真框架,验证恶劣天气与受限水域下的航行可靠性。

A Robust Simulation Framework for Verification and Validation of Autonomous Maritime Navigation in Adverse Weather and Constrained Environments

  • 融合气象与海床数据,模拟雨雾浪涌对感知与导航的影响
  • 利用美国主要港口高分辨率水深数据,实现浅水区防搁浅与可控性评估
  • 支持难以实测的极端场景测试,适用于自动驾驶船舶验证

自主水面船舶(MASS)有望提升航行安全、运营效率和长期成本效益。然而其可靠部署需在多种环境条件下进行严格的验证与确认(V&V),包括极端与安全关键场景。本文提出一个增强型虚拟仿真框架,用于在真实海洋环境中对MASS进行验证与确认,重点研究天气与海床地形对自主导航性能的影响。框架集成高保真环境建模模块,可模拟降雨、雾气和波浪动力学等恶劣天气条件。关键气象因素如降雨与能见度被参数化,影响海况特征、感知系统与传感性能,导致定位与速度不确定性、可见度下降及态势感知能力减弱。同时,整合美国主要港口的高分辨率水深数据,实现深度感知导航、防搁浅能力及浅水或狭窄航道中的船舶可控性评估。该框架具备高度可配置性,支持在广泛海洋条件下系统性测试,涵盖现实中难以或不安全复现的场景,有效支撑MASS的验证与确认。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) have emerged as a promising solution to enhance navigational safety, operational efficiency, and long-term cost effectiveness. However, their reliable deployment requires rigorous verification and validation (V\&V) under various environmental conditions, including extreme and safety-critical scenarios. This paper presents an enhanced virtual simulation framework to support the V\&V of MASS in realistic maritime environments, with particular emphasis on the influence of weather and bathymetry on autonomous navigation performance. The framework incorporates a high-fidelity environmental modeling suite capable of simulating adverse weather conditions such as rain, fog, and wave dynamics. The key factors that affect weather, such as rain and visibility, are parameterized to affect sea-state characteristics, perception, and sensing systems, resulting in position and velocity uncertainty, reduced visibility, and degraded situational awareness. Furthermore, high-resolution bathymetric data from major U.S. ports are integrated to enable depth-aware navigation, grounding prevention capabilities, and evaluation of vessel controllability in shallow or confined waterways. The proposed framework offers extensive configurability, enabling systematic testing in a wide spectrum of maritime conditions, including scenarios that are impractical or unsafe to replicate in real-world trials, thus supporting the V\&V of MASS.

自动驾驶仿真验证海洋航行环境建模

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