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1 NTNU AMOS Centre for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems AMOS Days

2 NTNU Centers of Excellence CBD Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics CEMIR Centre for Molecular Inflammation Research CNC Centre for Neural Computation NTNU AMOS Centre for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems PoreLab Porous Media Laboratory QuSpin Center for Low Dissipation Quantum Spintronics Students Employees 2

3 Why a Centre of Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems? Autonomy in marine mapping and monitoring by marine robotics operating from ocean space to outer space 3

4 Why a Centre of Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems? Novel concepts and intelligent operations of autonomous vehicles, ships and ocean structures Mapping and monitoring Modelling, mapping and monitoring of the oceans and seabed Coordinated networked operations Real time processing of payload data Intelligent payload systems and sensor fusion Big data analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence Robotic platforms Guidance, navigation and control (GNC) of unmanned ships, underwater vehicles, aerial vehicles Small-satellite systems Cooperative multi-vehicle control Dynamic optimization Fault-tolerance, situation awareness Bio-mimics: bio-cyber-hydrodynamics, multi-scale and distributed systems for sensing and actuation. Ships and ocean structures GNC of autonomous ships Integrated design, monitoring and control of offshore platforms, wind turbines, aquaculture installations. Sea state and motion response estimation Hybrid electrical power plants, marine operations in deep waters and harsh environment Consequences of accidental and abnormal events, risk assessment, testing and verification 4

5 Norway manages oceans that are 5-6 times larger than terrestrial areas Huge potential for harvesting food, energy, minerals and marine recourses Norway has a global responsibility for sustainability and knowledgebased management of the oceans and the Arctic The oceans including knowledge generation, management and value creation is top national priority by the Norwegian government and Parliament 5

6 Ocean Space Industries - The Blue Economy Shipping Ocean Science and Management Marine mining Tourism and consumer market Offshore renewable energy SUPER CLUSTER Fisheries Coastal infrastructure Oil & gas in deeper water. and in Arctic areas Aquaculture and biological production 6

7 NTNU AMOS partners Faculty of Engineering (IV) Department of Marine Technology SINTEF Ocean SINTEF Digital Faculty for Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (IE) Department of Engineering Cybernetics Faculty of Natural Science (NV) Department of Biology 7

8 Integration of Disciplines Marin Technology Biology Cybernetics Knowledge fields & research methods Hydrodynamics and Structural Mechanics Marine Biology and Oceanography Experiments Guidance and Control Autonomous Navigation Sensor Fusion Big Data Cybernetics Artificial Intelligence Dynamic Optimization NTNU AMOS Interdisciplinary research areas & challenges Greener operations NTNU Centre for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems Autonomous surveillance Offshore renewable energy Oil & gas in deeper water. and in Arctic areas Open water biological production 8

9 International Collaborators - Universities and research organizations Industrial collaborators - when acting as partner in associated projects 1. University of Newcastle, Australia 2. Technical University of Denmark 3. University of Zagreb, Croatia 4. University of Rijeka, Croatia 5. CNR-INSEAN, Italy 6. Universita` di Cassino e Lazio Meridionale, Cassino, Italy 7. Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands 8. Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal 9. University of Porto, Portugal 10. National University of Singapore 11. University of Linköping, Sweden 12. National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Ukraine 13. University of California Berkeley, USA 14. University of California Santa Barbara, USA 15. University of Delaware, USA 16. University of Michigan, USA 17. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA 18. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, USA 1. Akvaplan Niva 2. Blueye 3. Ecotone 4. Eelume 5. FMC Technologies 6. Kongsberg Maritime 7. Marine Technologies 8. Maritime Robotics 9. NGU 10. NORBIT 11. NORUT 12. Norwegian Defense Research Establishment (FFI) 13. Rolls-Royce Marine 14. UNIS: The University Centre in Svalbard 15. University of Tromsø, The Arctic University of Norway 16. Ulstein Group 9

10 Key Scientists ( ) 1. Jørgen Amdahl, IMT Marine Structures 2. Thor I. Fossen, ITK Guidance, Navigation and Control 3. Marilena Greco, IMT Hydrodynamics 4. Tor A. Johansen, ITK Optimization and Control 5. Geir Johnsen, IBI Marine Biology 6. Kristin Y. Pettersen, ITK Motion Control 7. Asgeir J. Sørensen, IMT Marine Control Systems 10

11 NTNU AMOS Organization ( ) BOARD Olav Bolland, NTNU Chair Geir Øien and Øyvind Øyvind Weiby Gregersen, NTNU Vegar Johansen, SINTEF Ocean Kjetil Skaugset, Statoil, Liv Hovem, DNV GL Innovation Anders Aune, NTNU TTO Siri Bye Johansen, NTNU TTO Management Asgeir J. Sørensen, Director Thor I. Fossen, Co-director Sigrid B. Wold, Adm. Scientific Advisory Board Randy Beard, Robert F. Beck, Gianluca Antonelli, 4 new to be identified, User Panel Members from research partners, companies, industry Senior Scientific Advisors Odd Faltinsen, IMT, Hydrodynamics Torgeir Moan, IMT, Marine Structures Research partners Statoil, DNV GL, SINTEF Ocean, SINTEF Digital Key Scientists Jørgen Amdahl, IMT, Marine Structures Thor I. Fossen, ITK, Guidance, Navigation and Control Marilena Greco, IMT, Hydrodynamics Tor A. Johansen, ITK, Optimization and Control Geir Johnsen, IBI, Marine Biology Kristin Y. Pettersen, ITK, Motion Control Asgeir J. Sørensen, IMT, Marine Control Systems 11

12 Affiliated Scientists at NTNU Department of Marine Technology 1. Roger Skjetne 2. Ingrid B. Utne 3. Ingrid Schjølberg 4. Martin Ludvigsen 5. Trygve Kristiansen 6. Zhen Gao 7. Erin E. Bachynski 8. Ekaterina Kim 9. Josef Kiendl Department of Engineering Cybernetics 1. Lars Imsland 2. Jo Arve Alfredsen 3. Edmund Brekke 4. Morten Breivik 5. Jan T. Gravdahl 6. Annette Stahl 7. Marta Molinas Department of Biology 1. Nicole Aberle-Malzahn, Department of Biology 2. Yngvar Olsen, Department of Biology Other 1. Oleksandr Tymokha, the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine/NTNU (Adjunct from 2018) 2. Kevin Anthony Ford, Department of Structural Engineering 12

13 Adjunct Professor Positions at NTNU AMOS 1. Mogens Blanke, Technical University Denmark 2. Arne Fredheim, SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture 3. Marin Føre, SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture 4. Vahid Hassani, MARINTEK 5. Karl Henrik Johansson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden 6. Claudio Lugni, INSEAN, Italy 7. Ulrik Dam Nielsen, Technical University Denmark 8. Nadezda Sokolova, SINTEF ICT 9. Rune Storvold, NORUT 10. Kjell Larsen, Statoil 11. Trong Dong Nguyen, DNV GL 12. Kanna Rajan, Consultant prev. NASA and MBARI 13. Jørgen Berge, University of Tromsø 14. Maarja Kruusmaa, Tallinn University of Technology 15. Kjetil Skaugset, Statoil 16. João Sousa, UiP 13

14 Scientific Advisory Board Meeting once a year Professor Randy Beard Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA Expertise of autonomous control of micro unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) and multiple vehicle coordination and control. Professor Robert F. Beck Department of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Expertise on marine hydrodynamics, including resistance, seakeeping, maneuvering and offshore. Associate Professor Gianluca Antonelli Department of Automatic Control, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy Expertise on underwater robotics, motion control systems, marine cybernetics 4 more members to be nominated for AMOS Phase II 14

15 2017 NTNU AMOS Facts and Figures

16 NTNU AMOS Facts and Figures (Phase 1: ) Personnel by November 2017: 7 Key scientists/professors 16 Adjunct professors 20 Affiliated professors 2 Senior scientific advisors 23 Post Docs/researchers 105 PhD candidates (10 years period) 2 administrative staff 2 + lab engineers Logo on partners Partners: International collaborators from: Denmark, Sweden, Portugal, Italy, Croatia, the Netherlands, Estonia, Check Republic, USA, Australia, Brazil, Ukraine, UK, Singapore National collaborators: University of Tromsø, UNIS, UNIK, Kongsberg Maritime, Rolls-Royce Marine, TechnipFMC, Ecotone, Maritime Robotics, FFI, NGU, Ulstein Group, Eelume, NORUT, Marine Technologies, BluEye, Budget (10 years): 830+ MNOK (~95 MEUR) 16

17 NTNU AMOS November 2017 Locations: - Tyholt (Dept. of Marine Technology, MCLab) - Gløshaugen Elektro (Dept. of Eng. Cybernetics, UAV Lab) - Trondheim biological station (AUR Lab) PhD: 105 NFR funded: 36 Associated project funding: 69 PostDoc: 18 NFR funded: 6 Associated project funding: 12 Researchers: 5 Associated project funding: 5 17

18 Researcher Statistics November 2017 PhD and PostDoc Percentage Norway 44 China 11 Denmark 8 Italy 7 Germany 5 India 3 Brazil 3 Greece 3 Netherlands 3 Iran 3 Sweden 2 Polen 2 Russia 2 South Korea 2 Portugal 1 France 1 Spain 1 Ukraina 1 Equador 1 Sum 100 Total number of PhD, PostDoc and Researchers: 128 Gender balance: 85 % male 15 % female Total number of graduated PhDs: 51 (105) Total number of dropouts: 0 (105) 18

19 NTNU AMOS Facts and Figures KPI Application goals (2013) 4 years Prelim Graduated PhDs incl. assoc Postdocs/researchers incl. assoc Adjunct professors Affiliated professors MSc Conference papers Journal papers incl. book chapters Textbooks Start-up companies Research 600 MNOK 830 MNOK NTNU AMOS targets research projects up to NOK 1 Billion in the period of

20 Scalability by Associated Projects NTNU AMOS 600 MNOK 60 PhD NFR core funding covers 36 PhD positions NTNU AMOS promised to increase this to 60 PhD positions 20

21 Scalability by Associated Projects Selected xxx xxx Rolls-Royce Marine Fault-Tolerant Inertial Sensor Fusion for Marine Vessels, MAROFF 6.5 MNOK, 2 PhD Kongsberg Maritime, DNV GL: Design and Verification of Control Systems for Safe and Energyefficient Vessels with Hybrid Power xxx Plants, MAROFF 18,8 MNOK, 5 PhD Statoil, FMC Technologies, SINTEF, NTNU: Next Generation Subsea Inspection Maintenance and Repair Petromaks 2 19,7MNOK 3 PhD, 1 Post doc NTNU AMOS ~850 MNOK 105 PhD Marine UAS, EU- ITN-10 Partners: Arctic UAV 4 of 15 PhD to NTNU 10 MEUR xxx FFI, UNIK: Low-Cost INS FRINATEK, 9 MNOK, 3 PhD xxx SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture and industry JIP: Closed Flexible xxx Cage, 3 MNOK, 1 PhD Ulstein Group: Power management, 3 MNOK, 1 PhD 21

22 Midterm Evaluation of Thirteen Centres of Excellence (SFF-III) NTNU AMOS

23 NTNU AMOS Phase II

24 NTNU AMOS Research Questions Q1: How to achieve autonomous operation and vessel optimization in terms of fuel consumption, gas emissions, safety and operational efficiency? Q2: How to create intelligent Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) systems for fully autonomous vehicles and robotic systems supporting marine operations, mapping and monitoring in demanding environments? Q3: How to define and operate sustainable and autonomous systems for offshore renewable energy and aquaculture in shallow-to-deep waters? Q4: How to develop methods and fully autonomous systems for characterization, prediction, control and monitoring of marine environmental and oceanographic parameters and ecosystems? Q5: How to ensure safe and successful marine structures and operations with increased autonomy during abnormal events or in hostile conditions, such as very deep water, close vicinity of the sea floor, harsh weather and Arctic environments? Q6: How to develop intelligent marine operations to enable oil & gas field developments and marine mining in deep water and harsh environment? 24

25 NTNU AMOS Research Areas and Projects - Autonomous vehicles and robotic systems - Safer, smarter and greener ships, structures and operations Mapping and monitoring Robotic platforms Ships and ocean structures 25

26 NTNU AMOS Research Areas - Autonomous vehicles and robotic systems - Safer, smarter and greener ships, structures and operations Mapping and monitoring (Q2,Q4,Q6) Modelling, mapping and monitoring of the oceans and seabed Coordinated networked operations Real time processing of payload data Intelligent payload systems and sensor fusion Big data analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence Robotic platforms (Q1-Q6) Guidance, navigation and control (GNC) of unmanned ships, underwater vehicles, aerial vehicles Small-satellite systems Cooperative multi-vehicle control Dynamic optimization Fault-tolerance, situation awareness Bio-mimics: bio-cyber-hydrodynamics, multi-scale and distributed systems for sensing and actuation. Ships and ocean structures (Q1,Q3, Q5,Q6) GNC of autonomous ships Integrated design, monitoring and control of offshore platforms, offshore wind turbines, aquaculture installations, large mega coastal structures Sea-state and motion response estimation Hybrid electrical power plants, marine operations in deep waters and harsh environment Consequences of accidental and abnormal events, risk assessment, testing and verification 26

27 NTNU AMOS Research Areas - Autonomous vehicles and robotic systems - Safer, smarter and greener ships, structures and operations Mapping and monitoring Robotic platforms Ships and ocean structures Project manager and key scientist: Tor Arne Johansen Key scientists: Asgeir J. Sørensen Geir Johnsen Thor I. Fossen Kristin Y. Pettersen Project manager and key scientist: Kristin Y. Pettersen Key scientists: Asgeir J. Sørensen Geir Johnsen Thor I. Fossen Tor A. Johansen Marilena Greco Project manager and key scientist: Jørgen Amdahl Key scientists: Marilena Greco Asgeir J. Sørensen Thor I. Fossen Tor A. Johansen Kristin Y. Pettersen 27

28 NTNU AMOS Research Areas - Autonomous vehicles and robotic systems - Safer, smarter and greener ships, structures and operations Mapping and monitoring Robotic platforms Ships and ocean structures Sensing, navigation, estimation, autonomy Guidance, control, optimization, autonomy Hydrodynamics Structure mechanics Marine ecosystems and oceanography Risk, safety, testing and verification 28

29 Hydrodynamic Laboratories Towing tank Ocean Basin Marine Cybernetics Laboratory Research vessel Gunnerus Other specialized experimental facilities (e.g. for sloshing tests) 29

30 NTNU AUR-Lab and UAV-Lab: Integrated technology platform for ocean space research Air: Penguin B fixed-wing UAV X8 fixed-wing UAV Hexa-copters Sea surface: Manned vessel Gunnerus Unmanned vessel Jetyak Underwater: ROV Minerva ROV 30k ROV SEABOTIX AUV Remus 100 HUGIN HUS 2 LAUVs ROV Minerva AUV REMUS 100 at Svalbard 30

31 30 September 2016 Test site opens for unmanned vessels The Trondheim Fjord in Norway will be the world s first technological playground for pilotless vehicles that move below, on and above the water s surface. Norwegian authorities, industry, research and universities are behind this 31

32 Driven Unique Purpose-made Research by perspective: objective: distruptive, small satellites Develop Our game-changing for own remote a satellites strategic sensing (hyperspectral, technology are program part of with SAR, platforms a coordinated partners altimetry) and to communication. Under our control they can serve targeted coordinated observation launch control build missions competence for services network spatial, temporal that of and autonomous is and about demonstrate spectral become properties, robotic the benefits widely systems beyond the available through for capabilities oceanography and the of today s affordable; (and launch other of applications). «Personal satellites satellites». during the next 10 years. commercial satellite services. SmallSats

33 NTNU UAV Lab; research status per end of 2017 Invested more than 10 MNOK into equipment, facilities and operational competence since 2012 >20 PhD students/postdoc currently involved Certified for VLOS, EVLOS and BLOS operations by Civil Aviation Authorities (Luftfartstilsynet) in Norway Two UAV pilots/operators permanently employed in 100% positions at NTNU Extensive collaboration nationally and internationally NTNU has become a major international player within this rapidly emerging area Interesting research results and commercial spinoffs are emerging Two spin-off companies on UAV technology in 2017

34 Coordinated highly autonomous marine operations involving UAS together with marine surface and underwater assets Environmental monitoring, oil spill response, inspection of fisheries, ice monitoring, search and rescue, science and climate research, situation awareness, communication relaying, survey, ship traffic monitoring, inspection of fish farms, offshore wind parks and other assets. 34

35 NTNU AMOS has together with UiT, UNIS, NORUT become a key national player in Arctic research bridging science and technology Arctic ABCD project: Several autonomous instrumented buoys will be deployed in the polar ice characterizing the ecosystems and water properties beneath the sea ice down to 50 m depth 35

36 REV is trustfully and trailblazing targeting high impact solutions caring for the oceans One of the world s most sophisticated Research Expedition Vessel (REV): Length 181,6 m Beam 22 Draught 5 m Ocean going with ice class 1c REV is offered by the Røkke family for research and expedition purposes. Available from fall NTNU AMOS is collaborator with the REV organization including WWF, UiT, SINTEF,. 36

37 Sensor platforms and their temporal and spatial resolution and coverage ROV Remotely Operated Vehicle AUV Autonomous Underwater Vehicle USV Unmanned Surface Vehicle UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 100years 10 years 1 year Fixed platforms (lander) Satellites Small satellites 1 month Ships Gliders Time scales 1 week 1 day 1 hour UAVs 1 min 1 sec AUVs ROVs USV 1 mm 1 cm 1 dm 1 m 10 m 100 m 1 km 10km 100 km 1000 km km Horizontal spatial scales 37

38 The Norwegian Silicon Valley is the blue economy Setting agenda for research, education and innovations on important national areas Provide top qualified PhD candidates for industry and academia Publications in internationally leading journals and conferences Enabling cooperation between national and international collaborators NTNU will accelerate research-based innovations with partners including development of emerging industry AMOS goal: 10 spinoff companies 38

39 AMOS and TTO - An engine for innovation AMOS Pitching AMOS Innovation Lunch AMOS Investor Day AMOS Intellectual Asset Management Analysis AMOS Executive Course in IP and Commercialization 39

40 AMOS Project Phases 40

41 OCEAN SCHOOL OF INNOVATION STEP 1 Culture Introduction, culture building, speed dating Seminars & Courses Pitching Business recognition STEP 2 Creativity Clustering Company presentations Tailored made courses Screening of spin-off candidates STEP 3 Business Dev. Business development Meet investors, IN, NRC, etc. International cooperation STEP 4 Industrialization Establish AMOS Fund Company spin-offs Innovation Centre Gløshaugen 41

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43 Spin-off Companies Marine Cybernetics founded 2002: J. Biti, O. Egeland, T. I. Fossen, T. A. Johansen, A. Paulsen, A. J. Sørensen Business idea: Independent SW testing of computer controlled systems for maritime, oil and gas markets Acquired by DNV GL in 2014 Ecotone founded 2010: NTNU TTO, G. Johnsen, M. Moline, N. Fjærvik, A. J. Sørensen (2012) Business idea: Underwater hyperspectral imaging for mapping Norwegian Subsea founded 2014: F. Dukan and 2 partners Business idea: Underwater instrumentation for oil and gas market Eelume founded 2015: NTNU TTO, J. T. Gravdahl, A. Hovda, P. Liljebäck, K. Y. Pettersen, Ø. Stavdahl, A. J. Sørensen Business idea: Hyperredundant swimming manipulators for subsea inspection and intervention BluEye Robotics founded 2015: NTNU TTO, E. Dyrkoren, M. Ludvigsen, R. Skjetne and a set of investors (E. Haugane, ++) Business idea: Underwater robots (drones) for consumer market SCOUT Drone Inspection founded 2017: NTNU TTO, K. Klausen, T. I. Fossen, T. A. Johansen, P. Kvaløy, M. F. Amundsen,K. Cisek. Business idea: Ship tank inspection using flying drones 43

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