In order to solve the problems of low accuracy,high working intensity and no guarantee of safety in the traditional draft survey for bulk carriers,based on the technologies and principles of laser obstacle avoidance,Kalman filter operation,im-age transmission,etc.,combining with the actual situation of the port,an unmanned boat for draft survey was developed.An o-cean-going bulk carrier was selected to conduct a verification test by comparing the draft survey results from 10 times of unmanned ships with those of traditional visual inspection method.The test showed that the designed unmanned boat can meet the accuracy requirements of draft survey and improve the working efficiency.
unmanned boatdraft surveyobstacle avoidanceimage recognitionremote control