Artificial Intelligence is your skipper


By Hans Buitelaar, Metstrade


Combined digital equipment draws the future of luxury yachting


Italian yard Rossinavi launched Seawolf X, a 42-metre long motor catamaran that uses artificial intelligence to determine routes, energy use and cabin temperatures. American studio DLBA presents concept yacht Tempo that can navigate autonomously using A.I. Will software define the future of the yachting experience?


Situational awareness is one of the most important capacities of a good skipper. Knowing the capabilities of your yacht, understanding the possible consequences of failing onboard systems, recognising the well-being of passengers and crew, reading the sea state and upcoming weather changes, acquiring lots of information that could affect a smooth passage – all of this and more comes together in the decision making of a captain aboard his vessel.


In our digital era, this encompassing process may be described as data analysis. Digitalisation of onboard systems has already resulted in interconnection of engines, communication and navigation instruments, household devices, tanks and pump systems as well as entertainment systems and climate control. Data from all these systems is handsomely shown on screens at the helm station, at the navigation desk and in the captain’s cabin. Has situational awareness become a screen?


Augmented


reality in modern yachting: enhancing safety and navigation


Some information is not obtained by an experienced yachtsman’s eye. Racing sailors rely on their satellite connections to receive weather information with high- and low-pressure systems and gale warnings covering the whole ocean which they are navigating. They use this information to decide which route is the most favourable in getting to the finish fastest.


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21st century offshore racing includes a lot of staring at screens. Thermal and optical sensors that detect floating objects like containers that have fallen off ships and float invisibly just under the surface provide an augmented reality presentation on a screen that alerts the helmsman of unseen dangers ahead. The detection system of the Austrian company SEA.AI consists of cameras and infrared sensors.


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