Development of Remote-control and Autonomous Maneuvering System in consideration of Cyber Security

Abstract

In recent years, research and development of autonomous ships are actively carried out in the world. Research on autonomous ships are divided into three parts, remotely-controlled ships, a remote control center and a communication network. The remotely-controlled ships has an autonomous navigation system which realizes collision avoiding navigation. The autonomous ships are threatened by cyberattacks because the communication network is normally connected to the public network. We need to take not only tangible factors such as network isolation but also intangible factors into account to ensure cyber security. In this paper, we develop a software of remotely-controlled ships to deal with alternation of a hardware configuration.