Proceedings of the
European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL2026)
14 – 19 June 2026, Braga, Portugal

Research on the Electronic and Electrical Architecture of Multi-Functional Intelligent Inspection Unmanned Surface Vehicle for Inland Waterways

Ahui Xu

Wuhan University Of Technology, China.

ahui@whut.edu.cn

Yuanqiao Wen

Wuhan University Of Technology, China.

wenyqwhut@foxmail.com

Yamin Huang

Wuhan University Of Technology, China.

yaminhuang@whut.edu.cn

Hengtao T an

Wuhan University Of Technology, China.

tanhengtao@whut.edu.cn

Kang Tian

Wuhan University Of Technology, China.

tiankang@whut.edu.cn

ABSTRACT

To address the issues of low efficiency and insufficient safety in traditional inland waterway inspections, this paper proposes a domain-controlled electronic/electrical architecture featuring "centralized decision-making and distributed execution." By coordinating perception-execution, network transmission, and decision-making layers, this architecture resolves the coupling between resources, information, and control in multi-functional units, thereby enhancing system reliability, scalability, and autonomous efficiency. Experiments demonstrate that this architecture achieves significantly lower latency than distributed architectures in perception and navigation tasks while exhibiting superior stability, providing effective support for high-real-time missions of the USV in complex inland waterway environments.

Keywords: Multifunctional, USV, Domain Controller, E/E Architecture, Inland waterway operations.



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