Autoferry
The concept of small autonomous passenger ferries in urban areas is a more flexible and environmentally-friendly alternative to bridges or manned ferries. Autoferry therefore aims to develop groundbreaking new concepts and methods which will enable the development of such ferries for urban water transport.
Autoferry is one of the nine NTNU Digital Transformation projects.
CROSS DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
Autoferry
– Autonomous all-electric passenger ferries for urban water transport
The main goal of this project is to develop groundbreaking new concepts and methods which will enable the development of autonomous passenger ferries for transport of people in urban water channels.
- On-demand ferry - push the button for the ferry to come
- Electrical propulsion, Automatic charging of batteries
- Navigation: High-precision GNSS plus backup system
- Anti-collision system
Key researchers
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Edmund Førland Brekke Associate Professor
+47-73594382 edmund.brekke@ntnu.no Department of Engineering Cybernetics -
Egil Eide Associate Professor
+47-73594310 +47-41691512 egil.eide@ntnu.no Department of Electronic Systems -
Stein Haugen Professor
+47-73590111 +47-93483907 stein.haugen@ntnu.no Department of Marine Technology -
Sokratis Katsikas Professor
+47-61135258 +47-91138581 sokratis.katsikas@ntnu.no Department of Information Security and Communication Technology -
Anastasios Lekkas Associate Professor
+47-73595609 +47-94101359 anastasios.lekkas@ntnu.no Department of Engineering Cybernetics -
Thomas Porathe Professor of Interaction Design
+47-73590161 +47-+46706681819 thomas.porathe@ntnu.no Department of Design -
Mehdi Zadeh Associate Professor
+47-73413202 +47-45089831 mehdi.zadeh@ntnu.no Department of Marine Technology