autopilot systems have long been used in aviation. Lately, more often we hear about the ground vehicles automatic control systems and automation projects for maritime transport also exist . If robo car call into question the continued existence of the profession taxi driver, the Venetian gondoliers also worth thinking about changing the scope, since the test robotic small boats will soon begin in the other channels rich city in Europe. A joint project of the Amsterdam experts and representatives of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) assumes that the first prototypes of robo boat will be sailing as early as 2017.
Apparently, navigation experiments in urban channels, which cover a quarter of the Amsterdam area, will take a lot of time - one only the first stage of the project will last for five years, whereas many of the creators of robo car promise to release to the public road its products by the end of this decade . The authors suggest the use of automatically controlled floating platform not only for the delivery of goods and people in the water, but also to collect information on the composition of the water, and other important data for the townspeople. In addition, the modular platform can be combined to form larger structures, or even form a temporary pontoon crossings - all at the expense of the remote control. Floating robots can solve other problems - for example, to collect garbage, inevitably entering the city canals. In Venice, by the way, removal of household waste is organized special forces boats that yet controlled by people.
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