Studying the problem of constructing an automated control system to ensure the safe passage of unmanned vessels through shipping locks

The option of introducing an automated control system to ensure the safe passage of unmanned vessels on inland waterways has been explored. An analysis of domestic and foreign scientific and technical literature was carried out to determine conceptual provisions that allow choosing a rational way of interaction of this system with known ones. It is noted that the automated ships locking control system should provide the necessary level of navigation safety, and the implementation of this system should not affect the operation of other subsystems and metasystems. Currently, cases of constructing such systems for automated mooring of unmanned vessels at navigational hydraulic structures are unknown. Therefore, based on the engineering-cybernetic approach, a list of provisions that contribute to the successful organization of research of a conceptual and operational nature has been formulated. Conceptual provisions for the synthesis of structure and factors that allow you to develop a rational version of the system structure to obtain the greatest efficiency and safety of its operation are proposed. In addition to the development of locking control systems, an equally important task is the creation of technical means in the lock chamber, the operation of which can ensure the required level of security. Therefore, the process of mooring an unmanned vessel to an automated mooring ring, for a utility model of which the authors of this study had received a patent, is theoretically described. To achieve the goal of formulating the problems of developing and constructing an automated locking control system, an analysis of mooring devices used at shipping locks, including abroad, which confirms that fixed and movable mooring devices with vacuum grips are currently used, is carried out. A review of scientific and technical literature on the use of automatic and automated mooring systems makes it possible to develop proposals for organizing an auto-mooring system of a shipping lock to ensure the unmanned vessels passage, as well as to formulate the main problems and tasks that must be solved to ensure the passage of both unmanned and ordinary vessels.

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