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GPS is not unreliable, especially in the wide open ocean with clear line of sight to the whole sky.
by Meatpropeller 9y ago
GPS is not unreliable, especially in the wide open ocean with clear line of sight to the whole sky.
- rurban 9y agoGPS can be spoofed. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2143499-ships-fooled-in-gps-spoofing-attack-suggest-russian-cyberweapon/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2143499-ships-fooled-in...
- grkvlt 9y agoWell, of course designing an autonomous system to operate in an environment where malicious actors are actively spoofing and jamming your sensors with pathological inputs is a pretty huge challenge - admittedly one the military is probably very interested in - and is not the purpose of any of these competitions. It's hard enough when you trust your sensors, at the moment!
- rurban 9y agoHere the shippers are drug cartels and spoofers are police force. A very likely scenario.