To: 2ndDivisionVet
I wasn’t certain. It sounded a bit like a pitch for a fully autonomous vessel. That’s as silly as an autonomous jumbo jet...at least given the current state of the art.
58 posted on
03/02/2014 6:50:15 PM PST by
Bobalu
(Happiness is a fast ISR)
To: Bobalu
“The idea of a remote-controlled ship is not new, it has been around for decades, but the difference is the technology now exists,” announced Oskar Levander, head of marine innovation engineering at Rolls-Royce, in an interview to the Financial Times last December.
62 posted on
03/02/2014 6:57:07 PM PST by
2ndDivisionVet
(I will raise $2M for Sarah Palin's next run, what will you do?)
To: Bobalu
Caterpillar and Komatsu have been running autononomous mine hauler trucks in Australia and Canada for several year now. This trend isn't going away.
65 posted on
03/02/2014 7:06:25 PM PST by
nascarnation
(I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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