Challenge

ROCs are a fundamental building block for maturing advanced marine technologies, specifically in the area of marine autonomy. While solutions exist, there is currently no fully agnostic system able to provide a single interface for safe marine autonomy operations. It is critical to have an interface to develop global standards and regulatory frameworks for the use of autonomy – these currently do not exist.

Strategy

The project was managed by nominated leads from each partner organization (Angler Solutions, On The Layline Limited (UK) and the Electronic Communications Office of Latvia). The overall program was based around interactive workshops in UK, Lativa, and Canada, using a triple helix principle involving government, academia, and industry to discuss and prepare recommendations for agnostic ROC system design and requirements.

Action

Angler Solutions assisted by:

• Coordinating and participating in workshops in each of the three partnering countries (UK, Latvia and Canada).Workshops encompassed detailed analysis of agnostic ROC system designs; including insights from subject experts regarding operational and design considerations.
• Preparing a final report outlining the overall requirements for an agnostic ROC system.
• Preparing development roadmap in partnership between all partnering countries.

Outcome

Aside of the system design and overall requirements, the report also included future funding options, and an analysis on how an agnostic system will impact the wider blue economy. This report was presented at the ‘UK Summit in Partnership with Singapore on Maritime AutonomyInternational Collaboration’. This summit helped to further disseminate workshop findings and broker further global partnerships that can be involved in the development of an agnostic ROC system standard.