World's first autonomous boat, avoidance, and anchoring
This video introduces the world's first autonomous yacht system developed by Avicus, a subsidiary of HD Hyundai. Similar to the autonomous driving technology of Tesla and Genesis, this system uses AI to support ship avoidance, movement, and automatic docking. In particular, it provides an around view through six cameras and helps safe operation even in fog through lidar sensors. This system reduces the captain's carelessness, which is the main cause of ship accidents, and resolves difficulties during docking, enabling safe and convenient boat driving. The price of 30 million won is somewhat high, but it can be a reasonable investment considering accident prevention and safety.
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Avicus: A company spun off from HD Hyundai, developing an autonomous navigation system. Like Tesla, it is developing technology that allows ships to move on their own....
1. 🚤 Features and functions of the world's first autonomous yacht system
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The autonomous yacht system developed by Avicus, a subsidiary of HD Hyundai, is designed to automatically perform ship avoidance, movement, etc. using AI, like the autonomous driving technology of Tesla and Genesis.
This system automatically follows the waypoint and provides the ability to automatically set the heading, helping even in situations where the captain's attention is not required.
The system introduces several modules to enable safe docking through various sensors. These modules include radar and lidar, and also provide an around-view function.
It was the first to be sold in the world, and it is known that similar products have been released by other companies.
Avicus is a startup founded by HD Hyundai, and provides products that include the computational device of the autonomous yacht system and various sensor technologies.
2. 🚤 Development of autonomous yacht technology
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Using lidar and cameras, the ship's forward recognition is used to determine risk factors and visualize information.
AI technology is integrated to enable automatic control functions such as ship evasive movement.
The yacht's navigation system automatically adjusts the heading while following the waypoint in auto mode.
The main products include navigation monitor and docking monitor functions, and there are products that are already on sale.
The product is sold by Raymarine, etc., and the overseas price is about 20,000 dollars.
3. 🚤 Autonomous driving boat technology and device features
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Currently, large ships adopting autonomous driving systems are being actively developed, and the price range is estimated to be about 30 million won.
Safety is important in small ships such as leisure fishing boats, and autonomous driving technology is considered a matter directly related to life.
This product has won the world-famous design awards Red Dot Design Award and Good Design Award, and has passed dustproof and waterproof tests.
Six cameras are aligned on the boat to create a single image, and the Olivier method that does not use a lidar is particularly characteristic.
A video of a boat being automatically put into a marina through an autonomous driving parking system was demonstrated, and the fact that the operation is very intuitive is emphasized.
4. 🚤 Overview of a combinable autonomous driving system
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The product integrates multiple functions, so three functions can be used simultaneously, or each can be used separately.
It is a control method through recognition, and various settings are possible depending on the desired combination method.
The price information is confirmed to be 20,000 dollars, which is estimated to be the price of existing products, but the price may increase due to the new product.
The system is equipped with six cameras and sensors, supporting autonomous driving and automatic parking functions.
The technology seems to be structured to compete with products sold at similar prices overseas.
5. 🚤 HD Hyundai's autonomous boat technology
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HD Hyundai is a subsidiary of Hyundai Heavy Industries, a large company that owns various shipbuilding-related companies.
The goal of developing an autonomous boat system is to help beginners in boating dock more easily.
In order to reduce the risk factors that may occur when docking a boat, a sensor that secures a field of view and automatically recognizes the surrounding situation is needed.
Autonomous driving technology helps prevent property damage caused by not only damage to the boat, but also damage to surrounding facilities or other people's boats.
The investment cost of 20,000 dollars for this autonomous driving system is evaluated as very reasonable from the perspective of accident prevention.
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