Marr, B. (2019,
June 5) The Incredible Autonomous Ships Of The Future: Run By Artificial
Intelligence Rather Than A Crew https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2019/06/05/the-incredible-autonomous-ships-of-the-future-run-by-artificial-intelligence-rather-than-a-crew/#2fa1d9b66fbf
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The article, “The
Incredible Autonomous Ships Of The Future: Run By Artificial Intelligence
Rather Than A Crew” (Marr, 2019), introduces the concept of autonomous ships,
how they are beneficial, and what difficulties they currently face. The author
wrote this article to inform the general public about autonomous ships.
Autonomous ships are vessels that “can operate on its own without a crew”
(Marr, 2019). The author believes that
autonomous ships are not the end of manned ships as their applications are not
universal. There have been deployments of autonomous ships in calm
waters with simple routes and little traffic. Autonomous ships are not just a
concept but a reality. They are being utilized by many companies such as
Rolls-Royce, Samsung, and Shone. The benefits of autonomous ships are that they
“can improve safety, increase efficiency, and relieve humans from unsafe and
repetitive tasks” (Marr, 2019). The difficulties that they face are that “there
is a lot more testing to be done and regulations to be sorted out before we
will see fully autonomous vessels operating without a crew” (Marr, 2019). The
author states that the development of autonomous ships will be dependent on the development of autonomous cars unless there is an increasing interest in the development of autonomous ships.
As our project
focuses on utilizing current onboard devices to plan the ship's route and this
article focuses on using autonomous ships to optimize cargo operations, this
shows that the cargo ships operational efficiency can be improved with
autonomous ships. With regard to efficiency, autonomous ships will optimize the
route of the ship to use minimal fuel while travelling. This helps reduce their
environmental impact. Autonomous ships will also eliminate human error by
fulfilling tasks normally done by people. The information provided by
this article supports the concept of SmartNav as it will greatly improve a
ship’s operational efficiency and safety.
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