Hardware for the port of the future

摘要

For almost ten years, the Fraunhofer Center for Maritime Logistics and Services (CML) has been developing and optimizing processes and systems along the maritime supply chain. So far, the focus has been on innovation in software solutions and logistics concepts. In recent years, a new area has developed based on the core competencies of the CML: Maritime Robotic Assistance Systems. It did not take long until the projects on autonomous ships and the challenges they posed were joined by a series of ship handling simulators (SHS). The simulators are intensively used to conduct nautical exercises and safety analysis and to simulate innovative concepts. In order to extend the functions and possibilities of the SHS for special research projects, the Sea Traffic and Nautical Solutions department (STNS) started to develop its own modules and extensions. This work was bundled and accumulated in the »Smartframe« testbed framework, which allows to test visionary concepts in the SHS quickly and efficiently and to perform these tests with certified nautical experts.