INTELLIGENT COLLISION AVOIDANCE AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR WATERCRAFT

摘要

The application is an electronic control system of a watercraft that is capable of autonomously sailing and navigating its way through obstacles present around it. Apart from moving on a pre-defined path the watercraft can intelligently avoid obstacles in the path through its ability of decision making using fuzzy logic. The system consists of a data flow controller which controls the flow of data in an efficient manner and drives ship as required. The ports for output signals are provided for the propeller drive and the steering servo. The ship is able to communicate wirelessly to provide useful data from the watercraft to the station, other watercrafts and even the subsystems of the watercraft. The fuzzy logic controller is provided at the station side which continuously guides the watercraft for its path. The electronic system designed for the watercraft has excellent scalability.