Charles River Analytics deemed AWARDABLE on Tradewinds
Passive sensing and perception
The Awarion® Autonomous Lookout System uses AI and computer vision to detect, classify, localize, and track obstacles 24 hours per day with infrared and visible light sensors. Our advanced AI-powered smart camera and software system is designed to enhance situational awareness and decision-making for crewed, uncrewed, and autonomous vessels through a map-based user interface that helps crew analyze video data faster and respond more efficiently.
Awarion provides passive sensing. Contemporary autonomous navigation approaches rely on active sensing modalities such as lidar, radar, and acoustics to gather observations of their environment. These modalities, however, can reveal both the vehicle’s presence and capabilities to adversaries. Awarion enables safe and inconspicuous navigation by transfer vessels (both crewed and uncrewed systems). Passive detections will inform safer navigation and situational awareness to both human operators and autonomous algorithms.
Maritime situational awareness
Maritime vessels need an accurate operational picture to navigate and ensure safety. Awarion complements and supports human lookouts and marine radar systems to support both US forces and marine conservation efforts. Awarion supports crewmembers in accordance with International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations by addressing the topside limitations of radar- and acoustic-based systems, detecting and reporting on a variety of hazards and obstacles including whales, ships, sailing vessels, fishing buoys, navigational markers, and other equipment.
Camera agnostic
With Awarion, you can BYOC (bring your own camera).
Awarion is camera agnostic, so there is no need to buy new hardware if you’ve already invested in a set of cameras. Or we can offer monthly leasing for hardware along with your software package.
Detecting what radar can’t see and acoustics can’t hear
To help mitigate vessel strikes and support marine life conservation, Awarion uses electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) methods, which provide greater detail and resolution than radar.
Using EO/IR, Awarion detects what radar can’t—like a whale’s blow or surfacing—and classifies objects in real time. Since whales don’t produce sounds detectable by passive acoustics, these visual capabilities are critical.
Awarion technologies reduce or eliminate the need for onboard protected species observers (PSOs), allowing work to continue in darkness, fog, and other adverse conditions—observers can perform their work remotely in a fraction of the time.
Performance metrics
In testing on real-world data with targets at ranges up to 5 km
Ships
Whales
Ship classification
Industries we serve
Awarion’s award-winning capabilities are now available for custom ground applications, like railways and warehouses.
Charles River offers AI monitoring services that use Awarion to deliver situational awareness at the sea surface, helping you to detect and classify whales, ships, fishing buoys, and other obstacles. We work with highly regulated commercial industries in offshore wind, shipping, and recreational boating to enhance awareness at sea.
Contact us to learn more about how Charles River and the Awarion Autonomous Lookout System can advance your maritime business needs.
Flexible configuration
Situational awareness analytical software
The Awarion system consists of a core software component, which can be delivered as a standalone product or as part of an integrated camera system.
Smart camera with optional pointable mount
Single, pointable camera designed to regularly sweep 360 degrees and autonomously deliver follow-up observations.
Advantages of UI
Ability to annotate and classify whales or other objects of interest as the images are displayed on the user interface.
Multicamera
integration
Multiple cameras with fixed views can have their output combined to form a constant 360-degree view.
Meet the team
Ross Eaton
Director of Marine Systems
Geoff Catto
Principal Software Engineer
Andrey Ost
Senior Software Engineer
Yelena Randall
Marine Systems Software Engineer
Jacob Riedel
Marine Systems Software Engineer
Jay Everson
Marine Operations Manager
We can build a customized solution for you!
Awarion is available as a monthly lease.
Pricing is based on selected configuration.
Awarion is under active development. We are constantly expanding its capabilities through our research and development work. The annual license entitles you to upgrades as they are integrated into the Awarion product. If you have a particular feature that you are looking for, please connect with the Awarion team.
Contact us to learn more about how Charles River Analytics and the Awarion Autonomous Lookout System can advance your autonomous sensing and perception needs.
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Charles River Analytics uniquely combines agile innovation and leading-edge research with a decades-long track record of hardened engineering in austere environments to create best-in-class solutions to diverse, challenging problems.
For more information
On sales and licensing, or to connect with our engineers, contact:
Ross Eaton
Director of Marine Systems
reaton@cra.com
617.234.1530
