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The Mayflower Autonomous Ship: AI and Automation at Sea

2022/8/30
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Brett Phaneuf:海洋探索充满挑战与机遇,其未知性激发创新,而自动驾驶船技术正是应对这一挑战的体现。该项目旨在通过技术创新致敬历史,并为未来航海技术发展指明方向。项目面临技术、环境、法律和监管等多方面风险,但这些风险也促进了不同技能的团队合作,最终实现了跨大西洋自主航行的目标。Mayflower 号的自动化系统分层设计,从基本的模拟控制到复杂的AI自动化,目标是实现更高级的自主决策,而非简单的任务执行。无人驾驶船舶具有降低风险、降低成本(财务和环境成本)和提高效率等优势,可以执行人类难以完成的高风险任务。未来,无人船舶技术将与太空资产协同工作,实现更广泛的数据收集和海洋探索,推动航海技术发展进入新的阶段。 Don Scott:从事海洋工程或海洋科学的人们通常是主动选择这个领域,这使得工作环境积极且充满合作性。海洋工作需要高度的合作,因为这是一个充满挑战且充满变数的环境。Mayflower 项目并非单一项目,而是多个相互关联的子项目共同推进,需要长期坚持和多方协作。IBM 的 ODM 技术在 Mayflower 号的决策过程中起到了关键作用,其核心在于处理复杂环境下的复杂决策。AI 船长旨在增强人类船员的能力,而非取代他们,通过自动化处理常规任务,让人类专注于更复杂和需要创造力的工作。海上无人系统容易被误解为简单的机器人,这可能导致与其他船只发生潜在的冲突。自动化技术旨在增强而非取代人类在海事行业中的作用,它将提高效率并促进创新。未来,Mayflower Autonomous Ship 将参与海岸警卫队和海洋保护区相关的项目,并可能进行更大规模的远洋航行。

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Brett and Don discuss their personal motivations and the collaborative nature of working in marine engineering, highlighting the allure of discovery and the challenges of working in a hostile yet unexplored environment.

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The world’s first autonomous vessel to cross the Atlantic Ocean is signaling a new era in maritime technology.

In this episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Malcolm Gladwell takes on this topic with Lauren Ober, host of The Loudest Girl in the World, and guests Brett Phaneuf and Don Scott, the engineers behind the Mayflower Autonomous Ship project. The two explain how automation and AI allowed them to reimagine the design and use of a ship at sea and their implications beyond maritime navigation.

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