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Autonomous boats in Open Water Sailing are like autonomous cars, only with 1000 times less traffic and 1000 times less obstacles in the way. This leaves the oc
by wellboy 9y ago
Autonomous boats in Open Water Sailing are like autonomous cars, only with 1000 times less traffic and 1000 times less obstacles in the way.
This leaves the occasional other boat and some weather dependent navigation, which can already be handles by current AI.
The difficulty is the obstacles.
Edit: Added Open Water Sailing.
- scott_s 9y agoNear ports, the water can get mighty crowded. See, for example, all of the articles about the recent US Navy collisions.
- rtkwe 9y agoThat’s true but navigating in and around ports isn’t part of this competition it’s 100% open water sailing. The start lines are defined as lines of longitude with an autonomous run up of 40 nautical miles before hitting the start latitude and it’s roughly from a ways off the coast of Newfoundland to off the north coast of Spain both well away from land. http://www.microtransat.org/rules.php http://www.microtransat.org/rules.php
- SiempreViernes 9y agoThey demonstrate it is not _impossible_ to have ship to ship collisions, but considering how rare these events are they tell us more about the state of seaman skills in the navy than about navigational hazards. The collisions weren't really "near" any port, and were due to really shitty ship handling by the person in charge, possibly due to how the navy treats its sailors.
- rurban 9y agoPlus the eventual GPS disturbances caused by spoofing attacks. Thankfully only in the black sea, but still. With the cartels on the horizon I see it forthcoming