Applied Networking Technology in Explorational Research*

In this period of the technological era, ongoing research has been devoted to adapting and utilizing networking tools for the purpose of allowing greater connectivity between various, independently-run components to achieve the tasks of a unified system and thereby conduct research in locations where the economics of operating an autonomous vessel are cost-efficient. Throughout this investigation, two projects were conducted to validate questions regarding distributive data analysis. First, research was done on Simrad 4G radar and RTI IntegRadar XIR3000 radar system integration using Robotic Operating System (ROS) as a method of processing navigational information to a database with TCP and JavaScript websockets. Second, research was done on a 3-server setup running Red Hat Enterprise Linux with Cloudera's Manager Hadoop configuration software which allows for high-performance computing based on powerful data distribution. Regarding the ROS research, our results indicate that enabling communication between the two components is possible using TCP/IP and web socket protocols in order to transfer data to be analyzed.