Windfarm Autonomous Ships Project (WASP)

“英国海上风能的经济机会是强劲的，而且还在增长。进一步降低成本对于实现与化石燃料和核能系统的同等地位至关重要。机器人和人工智能（RAI）的应用正在所有其他主要部门进行评估。对于海上风电，RAI提供了机会，以最大限度地减少海上人员派遣的需要，降低健康和安全风险，提高海上风电涡轮机的可用性，并可能显着降低运营成本c2.8%，减少涡轮机停机c13%。由ASV有限公司与SeaPlanner有限公司领导的财团，Houlder，朴茨茅斯大学和海上可再生能源弹射器将开展工业研究，以建立海上风电自主船舶操作的基线，并验证其引入的时间表。风电场自主支持船项目（WASP）将进行18- 18年的海上风电自主支持船项目。为期一个月的工业研究项目，以基准衡量该行业向自主支持运营过渡所面临的技术挑战，并制定分阶段引入RAI系统进行备件供应的路线图，资产监控安全巡逻和船员转移该项目还将为新的海上指挥和控制基础设施以及具有集成机器人货物能力的创新自主船舶制定设计规范。WASP将利用项目合作伙伴ASV Ltd（自主船舶AI技术），Houlder（陀螺稳定机械臂）和SeaPlanner（海上风电海洋协调器系统）的现有技术，展示其在海上风电货物供应中的应用。朴茨茅斯大学将开发决策支持算法，以增强SeaPlanner海洋协调软件，实现载人和自主船舶海上作业的集成。ORE Catapult的成本和性能分析将明确这一新能力如何提高海上风力涡轮机的可靠性。这些产品将同样适用于相邻的海事部门，如石油和天然气，波浪和潮汐能，边境巡逻，渔业保护，搜索和救援以及商船装卸，这些部门都需要降低成本，提高效率，最大限度地减少执行枯燥和危险任务的载人海上作业的需要。ORE Catapult将提供该项目的见解，以提高海上风电行业对RAI可以带来的巨大好处的认识，推动对RAI技术和基础设施的投资。该项目将有助于刺激英国供应链成为海上风电自主支持船市场的主要参与者。"

"The UK economic opportunity in offshore wind energy is robust and growing. Further cost reduction is essential to achieve parity with fossil fuel and nuclear energy systems. The application of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (RAI) is being assessed in all other major sectors. For offshore wind, RAI offers the opportunities to minimise the need to send personnel offshore, reduce health & safety risks, improve offshore wind turbine availability and potentially significantly reduce OPEX costs by c2.8% and reduce turbine downtime by c13%. A consortium led by ASV Ltd with SeaPlanner Ltd, Houlder, University of Portsmouth and Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult will carry out industrial research to establish the baseline for autonomous vessel operations in offshore wind and verify the timeframe for their introduction.Windfarm Autonomous Support vessels Project (WASP) will undertake an 18-month industrial research project to benchmark the technological challenges facing the sector transition to autonomous support operations and chart a roadmap for the phased introduction of RAI systems for spares supply, asset surveillance, security patrol and crew transfer. The project will also create design specifications for new offshore command & control infrastructure and an innovative autonomous vessel with integrated robotic cargo capability.WASP will pull through existing enabling technology from project partners ASV Ltd (autonomous vessel AI technology), Houlder (gyro stabilised robotic arm) and SeaPlanner (offshore wind marine coordinator systems) demonstrating their application to offshore wind cargo supply. University of Portsmouth will develop decision support algorithms to enhance SeaPlanner marine coordination software enabling integrated manned and autonomous vessel offshore operations. ORE Catapult's cost and performance analysis will pinpoint how this new capability increases uptime of offshore wind turbines.These products will be equally applicable to adjacent maritime sectors such as Oil & Gas, wave & tidal energy, border patrol, fishery protection, search & rescue and merchant cargo handling, where there is a need to reduce costs, enhance efficiency and minimise the need for manned offshore operations conducting dull and dangerous missions.Insights from the project will be made available by ORE Catapult to raise awareness in the offshore wind sector of the huge benefits that RAI can bring and to drive investment in RAI technology and infrastructure. This project will help stimulate the UK supply chain to become a major player in the offshore wind autonomous support vessel market."