Google and Rolls-Royce partner-up on autonomous ship development

Marine engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has been at the vanguard of the development of autonomous vessels, while hi-tech giant Google is one of the leaders in all things artificial intelligence. The two today signed a deal that will see them jointly work on the next phase of drone ship technology – employing Google’s machine learning engine technology – behind its image and voice recognition – to develop software that will enable autonomous ships to “detect, identify and track surface objects” at sea. And, regardless ...