# Solgenia -- A Test Vessel Toward Energy-Efficient Autonomous Water Taxi Applications

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.01207 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2502.01207/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 3 Feb 2025.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Cross-Platform Control for Autonomous Surface Vehicles via Adaptive Reinforcement Learning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2607.02037/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Autonomous surface vessels are a promising building block of the future's transport sector and are investigated by research groups worldwide. This paper presents a comprehensive and systematic overview of the autonomous research vessel Solgenia including the latest investigations and recently presented methods that contributed to the fields of autonomous systems, applied numerical optimization, nonlinear model predictive control, multi-extended-object-tracking, computer vision, and collision avoidance. These are considered to be the main components of autonomous water taxi applications. Autonomous water taxis have the potential to transform the traffic in cities close to the water into a more efficient, sustainable, and flexible future state. Regarding this transformation, the test platform Solgenia offers an opportunity to gain new insights by investigating novel methods in real-world experiments. An established test platform will strongly reduce the effort required for real-world experiments in the future.