Google AI to help drive Rolls Royce autonomous ship development

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Rolls-Royce has signed a deal with Google to develop intelligent awareness systems for future autonomous ships.

Under the agreement Rolls-Royce will start using Google’s cloud-based machine learning software to train an artificial intelligence (AI) based system for detecting and tracking objects at sea.

Rolls-Royce will use the software to create bespoke machine learning models which can be accessed through the cloud and used to interpret its marine data sets. The technology is considered essential for the ongoing development of autonomous ships.

The technology developed through the deal will also be applied to existing vessels, said Karno Tenovuo, Rolls-Royce, SVP Ship Intelligence: “While intelligent awareness systems will help to facilitate an autonomous future, they can benefit maritime businesses right now making vessels and their crews safer and more efficient,” he claimed.

Such systems can provide crew with an enhanced understanding of their vessel’s surroundings by fusing data from a range of sensors with information from existing ship systems, such as Automatic Identification System (AIS) and radar.

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