Rolls-Royce (RR) has opened a state-of-the-art research facility in Turku, Finland, to develop the technologies the company and its partners require to shape the future of an increasingly more autonomous global shipping industry.
The new Research & Development Centre for Autonomous Ships includes a Remote and Autonomous Experience Space aimed at showcasing the autonomous ship technologies RR has already introduced as well as those in the development stage. The new R&D Centre enables projects focussed on autonomous navigation, the development of land-based control centres, and the use of artificial intelligence in future remote and autonomous shipping operations.
It has been six years since RR launched its first-ever autonomous ship development project UXUS (User Experience for Complex Systems).
Picture: A Remote Operating Centre, designed by RR to redefine the way in which vessels are controlled. Instead of copying existing wheelhouse design the ROC used input from experienced captains to place the different system components in the optimum place to give the master confidence and control. The aim is to create a future proof standard for the control of vessels remotely (by RR).
