After two years of collaboration with Intel, Rolls-Royce has launched a new intelligent awareness system for shipping.
The system is powered by AI and will be used as the eyes and ears of large ships, bringing them one step closer to autonomy, according to Kevin Daffey, Rolls-Royce's director of navigation technology.
The Intelligent Awareness System automatically processes data from LIDAR, radar, thermal imaging, HD cameras, satellites and weather reports. With all this data, a ship will be able to perceive its environment, detecting objects several kilometers away.
All of this data will exceed one terabyte per day, Daffey said. The data will be stored on board using Intel 3D NAND SSDs. The system will collect about a month of data on board before uploading it to the cloud.
Meanwhile, the system will use Intel Xeon Scalable processors on ships and machine learning.
After training a system for several months on a Japanese passenger ship, Daffey said Rolls-Royce will make the autonomous technology available to anyone interested.
“The aim is to increase safety in shipping,” he said, noting that approximately 70% to 80% of accidents at sea are caused by human error.
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