Salvatore Mauro

Salvatore Mauro has been PI at the CNR-INM's outdoor maneuvring basin for a long time. He developed a proper free-running self-propelled unmanned surface model test methodology to carry out maneuverability tests (IMO- and ANEP-compliant) with large-sized unmanned surface ship models. Mauro is the author of more than 80 scientific papers and PI of the I-Master project, financially supported by ESA in the NAVISP Element 3 framework.

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Presentation

I-MASTER – the Italian MASS Test Center

An outline description of the I-MASTER (Italian Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship Test Range) project will be provided. Phase 1 of the project (design) has been successfully carried out and Phase 2 (implementation) is undergoing. The full entry into service of the infrastructure is scheduled for the end of 2027. The idea of I-MASTER is to realize the proper system of ecosystems (comms, logical, infrastructural) able to test MASS>2 surface platforms, the related technologies (shore-based and off-shore) and software (and AI) procedures/tools needed for undertaking autonomous navigation with large cooperative ship models.