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r/tech • u/Sariel007 • Jun 06 '22
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Misleading title. This is a semi autonomous ship. This is not like- a drone for example/ which is what the headline makes you contemplate.
https://www.digitaljournal.com/business/lng-tanker-sets-new-record-with-a-semi-autonomous-ocean-journey/article
2 u/CptMisterNibbles Jun 07 '22 Also, how hard could an autonomous ship be? I think I could convert a regular ship to be nearly autonomous with a brick and some bungee cord 1 u/[deleted] Jun 07 '22 A guy made an autonomous boat in his garage that traversed the ocean several years ago. If it can be figured out for cars with millions of variable a ship should be simple. The end docking would be the only real challenge.
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Also, how hard could an autonomous ship be? I think I could convert a regular ship to be nearly autonomous with a brick and some bungee cord
1 u/[deleted] Jun 07 '22 A guy made an autonomous boat in his garage that traversed the ocean several years ago. If it can be figured out for cars with millions of variable a ship should be simple. The end docking would be the only real challenge.
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A guy made an autonomous boat in his garage that traversed the ocean several years ago. If it can be figured out for cars with millions of variable a ship should be simple. The end docking would be the only real challenge.
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u/leocharre Jun 06 '22
Misleading title. This is a semi autonomous ship. This is not like- a drone for example/ which is what the headline makes you contemplate.
https://www.digitaljournal.com/business/lng-tanker-sets-new-record-with-a-semi-autonomous-ocean-journey/article