DaleM
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There's a lot of talk around self-driving cars taking themselves around town and safely navigating through towns, roads, etc. Do you think there's any real-world use in adapting the safety aspect of what that technology provides to the marine world? Being specific, to the pleasure boat crowd? There's collision avoidance in cars on highways. Boats have radar, AIS, etc. They also have Sky-hook technology to hold point so GPS is already involved.
Why not a similar 'active avoidance collision system' in boats? Not "suddenly veer right" stuff, but stuff "based on speed, distance, and how long it would take an X-ton vessel to stop" type system that uses active laser/radar input? Skyhook stuff is already involved with the engines/tranny so add some software and some additional sensors and it seems... simple right?
Here's an article that made me think about it. I do not have the technical knowledge to do this but if it can be done in a garage and work at 70+mph why not on the water too? Or, has it been done? I'm talking specifically towards the civilian boat world. The military probably had this forever ago! Winter be gone. Save some lives.
http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-george-hotz-self-driving-car/
Why not a similar 'active avoidance collision system' in boats? Not "suddenly veer right" stuff, but stuff "based on speed, distance, and how long it would take an X-ton vessel to stop" type system that uses active laser/radar input? Skyhook stuff is already involved with the engines/tranny so add some software and some additional sensors and it seems... simple right?
Here's an article that made me think about it. I do not have the technical knowledge to do this but if it can be done in a garage and work at 70+mph why not on the water too? Or, has it been done? I'm talking specifically towards the civilian boat world. The military probably had this forever ago! Winter be gone. Save some lives.
http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-george-hotz-self-driving-car/
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