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Driverless, autonomous ships to become reality in 15 years: NAVTOR
NORWAY's NAVTOR, a provider of e-navigation technology and services, has been selected to represent the maritime industry in the ENABLE project that aims to prove, verify and validate the safety of autonomous vehicles in Europe.
The company said it has now received funding to investigate the concept of "shore-based bridges", a vital stepping-stone on the path to autonomy.
NAVTOR's role in ENABLE, which runs through to October 2019, will focus on testing the validity of the software element of a remote bridge concept.
This will be built upon continuous data sharing between vessels and land, with key navigation functions migrating from the crew to office-based teams.
Shore-based bridges will not be central to the day-to-day operation of autonomous vessels, but will be a vital part of their support infrastructure, allowing those onshore to take charge of individual ships when necessary.
"We believe autonomous vessels will be a reality within the next 10 to 15 years," said NAVTOR e-Navigation project manager Bjorn Age Hjollo. "Shore-based bridges will be a vital part of realising that vision.
"However, before that point there is work to be done. We can use our expertise with software, monitoring, planning, and the secure transfer of data between vessels as a platform to build upon.
"Together with actors from sectors such as research institutes and the car industry, which has already made huge leaps forward in autonomy, we can accelerate the development of safe, reliable and innovative solutions for maritime."
Other ENABLE participants include IBM, Philips Medical Systems, Renault, Tieto and Siemens.
The company said it has now received funding to investigate the concept of "shore-based bridges", a vital stepping-stone on the path to autonomy.
NAVTOR's role in ENABLE, which runs through to October 2019, will focus on testing the validity of the software element of a remote bridge concept.
This will be built upon continuous data sharing between vessels and land, with key navigation functions migrating from the crew to office-based teams.
Shore-based bridges will not be central to the day-to-day operation of autonomous vessels, but will be a vital part of their support infrastructure, allowing those onshore to take charge of individual ships when necessary.
"We believe autonomous vessels will be a reality within the next 10 to 15 years," said NAVTOR e-Navigation project manager Bjorn Age Hjollo. "Shore-based bridges will be a vital part of realising that vision.
"However, before that point there is work to be done. We can use our expertise with software, monitoring, planning, and the secure transfer of data between vessels as a platform to build upon.
"Together with actors from sectors such as research institutes and the car industry, which has already made huge leaps forward in autonomy, we can accelerate the development of safe, reliable and innovative solutions for maritime."
Other ENABLE participants include IBM, Philips Medical Systems, Renault, Tieto and Siemens.
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