b'Sea Machiens AI-ris system can help operators identify and avoid obstacles in the water. For Boston Harbor City Cruises this may include paddleboarders that may be hard to see.bridge across the channel. The company has plans to launch a ferry ser- tion or may allow teams to operate a vessel from a location outside the vice incorporating their technology in Stockholm in the next year.wheelhouse. This could mean from a different part of the vessel, from a second ship, or from a fully remote location, such as the Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce, in collaboration with a Finnish-state owned ferry operator,trial mentioned above. The technology can be extremely helpful not in trialed a fully autonomous ferry in 2018. Using advanced sensors, thereplacing crew, but is making their jobs safer and possibly easier. vessel built a picture of its surroundings to successfully navigate along the archipelago near the city of Turku in Finland. Data gathered by theIn June, PVA member Sea Machines unveiled this type of technology with vessels sensors was relayed to a remote operating center on land approx- AI-ris (Artificial Intelligence Recognition and Identification System), a imately 30 miles away. At that location, a captain monitored the auton- new marine computer-vision navigation sensor. Using digital cameras and PHOTOS COURTESY OF SEA MACHINESomous system and had the ability to take control if needed. The returnAI-processing, the system detects, tracks, classifies, and geolocates objects, voyage was conducted by remote control. traffic, and potential obstacles in the water. Able to identify large objects like other ships, the system can also recognize and label items on a much Though news headlines often mention projects like the above in whichsmaller scale such as swimmers, marine mammals, or buoys. an autonomous system can control a vessel without the need for a crew onboard, much work has been done to use AI as an aid to operatorsAI-ris continually scans surrounding water, even in the dark and in on fully-manned ships. Autonomous technology can support crews bymost operational conditions (include rain or fog), for comprehensive managing predictable and tedious tasks. The systems can aid in naviga- situational awareness. As objects are identified, the system calculates the 9 SEPTEMBER 2022'