Awesome Marine Cybernetics Laboratory (MC-Lab) 🚢

A curated list of software, tools, and papers developed at NTNU MCS Laboratory for research on autonomous and cyber-physical ships.

Software

• Cybership Software Suite Core software stack for autonomous vessel research.

• Template Python Package Suggested boilerplate for creating Python packages.

Control

• skadipy Python package for maneuvering-based thrust allocation for marine vessels.

Simulators

• shoeboxpy Simplified 3-DoF and 6-DoF shoebox vessel models.

• mcsimpy High-fidelity simulation framework for select Cybership vessels and R/V Gunnerus.

• Cybership Stonefish Simulator Common interfaces and tools for the Stonefish-based simulation environment.

Data and Models

• mcmodels Hydrodynamical model database of vessels in the inventory, including milliAmpere1.

• Gunnerus Logging Tools Utility packages for tapping into the R/V Gunnerus data streams.

Papers

• Gezer, E. C., Moreau, M. K. I., Høgden, A. S., Nguyen, D. T., Skjetne, R., & Sørensen, A. (2025). Digital-physical testbed for ship autonomy studies in the Marine Cybernetics Laboratory basin. In International Conference on Ships and Offshore Structures (ICSOS 2025), Gothenburg, Sweden. arXiv:2505.06787

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please submit a pull request with suggested additions.

License

CC0 1.0 Universal - Feel free to share and adapt.