COURSE · MARITIME MISSION PLANNING
Keep autonomous decisions within your mission
COURSE is the NAUTILUS mission-planning module. It works from the objective you authorise, the vessel limits you approve and the sensor information available aboard. It proposes the next action; WATCH decides whether that action may proceed.
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Mission intent with an operating envelope
The mission package states the job, operating area, limits, required data, reserves and contingencies. It is signed and assigned to the vessel, so the planner has an explicit set of instructions to work from.
The package may authorise bounded replanning and predefined alternatives. Those permissions remain limited by the active mission, vessel capability and authority mode. New objectives require a fresh authorised mission revision.
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Reason from evidence that carries its limitations
HORIZON observations and RECKON state provide the starting evidence. Commissioned traffic, chart and environmental sources may add context, each with its own source, age and uncertainty.
COURSE assesses whether that information can support a candidate manoeuvre. Where position, traffic information or authority is insufficient, COURSE must return a reason for being unable to plan.
The operator can then see what is missing and decide whether a new instruction, better data or intervention is needed.
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Keep identity separate from appearance
A visual vessel class is evidence about appearance. AIS and approved-vessel lists contribute separate identity claims. COURSE must correlate that evidence under the mission’s policy and retain an unverified state where inputs are absent, conflicting or insufficient.
Any permitted approach workflow needs adequate target localisation and motion evidence, a commissioned operating envelope and collision-avoidance constraints. The initial bearing-only camera observation cannot support an autonomous approach by itself.
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A proposal with a traceable path to action
COURSE records the supporting state, observation references, policy and reasons for its candidate. WATCH independently evaluates authority and interlocks. BRIDGE translates only an authorised, unexpired intent into supported equipment demands.
The planner can assess alternatives within the mission while WATCH applies an independent check before the vessel moves.
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Continue locally when the mission permits
The planning and control architecture keeps mission execution aboard. During a shore-link outage, a valid staged mission may continue while the signed package, required data, reserves, vessel profile and WATCH authority remain satisfied.
Missing prerequisites or limits exceeded produce a recorded transition into the commissioned contingency. Reconnection returns the current onboard mission state and delayed evidence; a stale shore display cannot silently replace the active plan.
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Start with a narrow, testable mission
Bring AIC a task you want to automate. We can define the objective, required inputs and conditions that should stop it, then agree the simulator and vessel tests needed to assess it.
COURSE is in development. Supported manoeuvres and autonomy modes will be established per commissioned vessel and operating envelope, with physical safety and operating approval addressed by the responsible vessel parties.