Robot Boat Prototype System Based on Image Processing for Maritime Patrol Area

Abstract

Enhancing maritime patrol to strengthen state border security has shown numerous interests over the year. Marine patrol is crucial in raising maritime awareness and surveying what is happening in the vast Indonesian sea area. Ship detection and identification are essential for marine patrol dealing with maritime traffic, sea border activity, and illegal fishery. Because of that, object detection integrated with the autonomous surface vehicle, like robot boats, is an advantageous method used in marine patrol. The robot boat used an object detection algorithm processed by Jetson Nano to determine its navigation. Preliminary experiments are conducted to verify if the proposed method can recognize an object and patrol the surrounding area in real-time using the integrated surface robot.