PROVIDING UNIQUE SAFETY ASSURANCE
Many sectors are building robotics and autonomous systems, but there always remains the question of ‘trust’. How does a user, the procurer, the general public and the insurance industry, trust that the device will not ‘go rogue’? It is widely acknowledged that the behaviour of Artificial Intelligence based systems is notoriously difficult to assure. So how can they be trusted? There are significant advantages to using Artificial Intelligence techniques but behavioural assurance has to be proven before we can really trust them.
The most significant issue remains - how to assure the autonomous vehicle’s behaviour when (not ‘if’) communications to the vehicle are lost or denied? Such denial can be when the system is out of the direct control of a human through environment constraints, such as being out of range or underwater.
D-RisQ has developed an approach that captures the benefits of Artificial Intelligence without the burden of the complexities of behavioural assurance.
In various different sectors, we have evolved our approach to enable the safe deployment of autonomous vehicles that can operate safely without human intervention. This software product is called a 'safety monitor' and can be adapted for any sector.
USMOOTH: A SAFETY MONITOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
This project assured the behaviour of a sea surface vehicle with our partners ASV Global LLC. The software enabled the vessel to comply at all times with the rules-of-the-sea. We also provided the unmanned vehicle with advanced behaviour for collision avoidance while allowing artificial intelligence to provide the most efficient path.
Safety Monitor: High assurance software for autonomous systems sea safety
DISCOVER MOREAir BVLOS: A SAFETY MONITOR development project
The major problem with unmanned air vehicles is knowing what they will do once they are Beyond Visual Line of Sight, when situational awareness is difficult to obtain and even when communications are interrupted. The software produced by D-RisQ enabled the unmanned air vehicle to comply consistently with the rules-of-the-air. In an evolution from USMOOTH, we added an extra capability which ensured that the vehicle behaved as though it was piloted obeying the rules of the air.
Safety Monitor: High assurance software for autonomous systems air safety
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A2I2: A SAFETY MONITOR development project
The key aim was to remove people from hazardous environments such as in nuclear decommissioning and off-shore - hence the name of the project “autonomous, Aquatic, Inspection and Intervention (A2I2)”. The vehicle has to operate with, at best, intermittent communications to the operator as it has to have no tether. This brings significant challenges for assurance in a complex environment.
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DISCOVER MOREOff Planet Vehicle: A SAFETY MONITOR development project
An advanced project run by the University of Surrey and which is developing software for off-planet vehicles – truly ‘off-road’! D-RisQ supported the research into how to assure such valuable assets and their passengers from unwanted behaviour.
Safety Monitor: High assurance software for autonomous space safety.
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The autonomous underwater vehicle developed under A2I2 will be further developed and demonstrated with our partners Rovco and National Oceanography Centre. The Safety Monitor will be further validated in trials for wind farm mono-pile inspection and intervention.
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