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• June 5, 2019
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• Category:
  • AI/ML
• Tags: autonomousboatsCivil Engineering; Nature of Water; Vehicles; Artificial Intelligence; Computer Science; Robotics; Urbanization; Transportation Issues; Environmental Policieslatchtarget

Researchers have given new capabilities to their fleet of robotic boats that let them target and clasp onto each other, and keep trying if they fail. Source link

• June 5, 2019
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• Category:
  • AI/ML
• Tags: algorithmsAMS InstituteAmsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan SolutionsAprilTagAutomated latchingautonomousAutonomous boatsAutonomous vehiclesboatsComputer Science and Artificial Intelligence LaboratoryCSAILDesignDriverless boatsEECSlatchMITMIT computer science and technologyMIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceMIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningMIT NewsMIT researchMIT SAPMIT School of Architecture and PlanningMIT School of EngineeringQR codeRoboatroboticsRobotsSensorstargettransportation

The city of Amsterdam envisions a future where fleets of autonomous boats cruise its many canals to transport goods and people, collect trash, or self-assemble into floating stages and bridges....

• July 27, 2018
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• Category:
  • AI/ML
• Tags: 3-D printingAmsterdamautonomousAutonomous boatsAutonomous vehiclesboatsCanalsCarlo RatticitiesComputer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL)computer science and technologyDaniela RusDesignFleetMITMIT architecture and planningMIT electrical engineering and computer scienceMIT EngineeringMIT NewsMIT researchMIT urban studies and planningreducingRoadROBOATSroboticsRobotsself-assemblySenseable City LabSensorsservicetraffictransportationWaterways

The future of transportation in waterway-rich cities such as Amsterdam, Bangkok, and Venice — where canals run alongside and under bustling streets and bridges — may include autonomous boats that...