Automatic control of ships steering gear

Razvoj tehnologije i brodova je doveo do pojave automatskog upravljanja brodskim kormilarskim ureĎajem koje danas sve više zamjenjuje prvotno ručno upravljanje. Zadaća automatskog upravljanja brodskim kormilarskim ureĎajem je da uz pomoć raznih sustava mjeri parametre okoline i zadrţava brod na zadanom kursu. Prilikom svakog odmaka od zadanog kursa sustav treba reagirati i vratiti brod na zadani kurs. Cijeli sustav je vrlo sloţen te zahtijeva neprestano odrţavanje kako bi sve funkcioniralo.Development of tehnology and ships has lead to inovation of automatic ships steering gear which has take place over manual steering. Automatic ships steering gear has mission to keep ship on his route with help of all devices using imput parameters from surrounding area. Any change of course should trigger the autopilot and it needs to react and return ship to its original course. Whole system is very compley and requires daily maintenance to make sure everything works in proper way