04DEC2018 - NEWS - Rolls-Royce and Finferries demonstrates world’s first fully autonomous ferry at Turku, Finland

Technology company Rolls-Royce and Finnish state-owned ferry operator Finferries have recently demonstrated the world’s first fully autonomous ferry in the archipelago south of the city of Turku, Finland. The car ferry Falco used a combination of Rolls-Royce Ship Intelligence technologies to navigate autonomously during its voyage between Parainen and Nauvo. The return journey was conducted under remote control. During the demonstration, the Falco, with 80 invited VIP guests aboard, conducted the voyage under fully autonomous control. The vessel detected objects utilizing sensor fusion and artificial intelligence and conducted collision avoidance. It also demonstrated automatic berthing with a recently developed autonomous navigation system. All this was achieved without any human intervention from the crew, according to Rolls-Royce.

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