Masanori Muto

Masanori Muto is a senior researcher and frontier strategy group leader at Mitsubishi Research Institute. He has contributed to a large number of national research and demonstration projects, including MEGURI2040/DFFAS (Designing the Future of Fully Autonomous Ships project), as a core member of the project management team. He has also completed the International Space University's space studies program. Muto specializes in systems engineering and geospatial information system design and management.

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Presentation

MEGURI2040 social acceptance activities of autonomous ships

The MEGURI2040 Fully Autonomous Ship Project, administrated by the Nippon Foundation, has moved to the second stage, targeting the commercialization of fully autonomous ships in 2025. Under MEGURI2040 Stage 2, the consortium of over 50 companies (DFFAS+) in Japan has been developing a fully autonomous navigation system equivalent to Level 4 but also working on other activities necessary for the social implementation of MASS. The presentation shows the project's progress, especially focusing on how the consortium works on the social acceptance of stakeholders in the whole system of interest ranging from shipowners and operators to seafarers and users of MASS.