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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Ole Andreas Alsos Associate Professor / Vice Dean for Innovation and Dissemination
+47-73591463 +4791544825 oleanda@ntnu.no Department of Design -
Edmund Førland Brekke Professor
+47-73594382 edmund.brekke@ntnu.no Department of Engineering Cybernetics -
Egil Sverre Eide Associate Professor
+47-73594310 +4741691512 egil.eide@ntnu.no Department of Electronic Systems -
Vasileios Gkioulos Associate Professor
+47-61135162 vasileios.gkioulos@ntnu.no Department of Information Security and Communication Technology -
Anastasios Lekkas Associate Professor
+4794101359 anastasios.lekkas@ntnu.no Department of Engineering Cybernetics -
Thomas Porathe Professor emeritus, Interaction Design
+46706681819 thomas.porathe@ntnu.no -
Roger Skjetne Professor
+47-73550446 roger.skjetne@ntnu.no Department of Marine Technology -
Ingrid Bouwer Utne Professor
+47-73595556 +4798222465 ingrid.b.utne@ntnu.no Department of Marine Technology