Gregory's Server@BathysphereHat @FeralRobots @MaddieT @stavvers
title is terrible but its a autonomous cargo ship thats wind powered for slow port to port shipping
which is kindov neat and a first of its kind of thing
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@thegarbagebird @castironflower @FeralRobots @MaddieT @stavvers The thing that doesn't particularly make sense to me about making something like this self sailing is that the vast majority of labor on a cargo ship like that is, as I understand it, not navigation but maintenance and such.  @BathysphereHat @castironflower @FeralRobots @MaddieT @stavvers oh i am sure that much like self driving cars they will not have any build issues.  @thegarbagebird @BathysphereHat @castironflower @MaddieT @stavvers @FeralRobots @BathysphereHat @castironflower @MaddieT @stavvers oh, so they're not actually automated. well that's a massive relief. @thegarbagebird @BathysphereHat @castironflower @MaddieT @stavvers @FeralRobots @thegarbagebird @BathysphereHat @MaddieT @stavvers my understanding is the goal fully automated fleets in international waters and human ran within ports @FeralRobots @thegarbagebird @BathysphereHat @MaddieT @stavvers looks like i was combining two projects but it looks like it is legal for robots to drive big ships @FeralRobots @BathysphereHat @castironflower @MaddieT @stavvers that's what i’d like to think too, but tech companies tend to find things like laws restrictive. they stifle ‘innovation’ and cut into profit margins @thegarbagebird @BathysphereHat @FeralRobots @MaddieT @stavvers they dont doc in port automatically but are driven in by humans the ocean is big and accidents are rare at high seas @castironflower @thegarbagebird @BathysphereHat @MaddieT @stavvers @BathysphereHat @castironflower @FeralRobots @MaddieT @stavvers i agree that in open water, they will be effective. i just don't know how they will get there. my guess is with expensive port refits it will be doable. @BathysphereHat @thegarbagebird @FeralRobots @MaddieT @stavvers i think, and i could be wrong, that diesal engines and stuff for humans is the big maintenance task so electric motors and a tiny computer plus rigid sails might actually have significantly less things to break and if they do it might just sail in circles and its frieght so i presume a percentage needing a rescue is ok @castironflower @BathysphereHat @MaddieT @stavvers  @FeralRobots @castironflower @BathysphereHat @MaddieT @stavvers What's to stop a crew from meeting the vessel just before it enters port? |
@castironflower @BathysphereHat @FeralRobots @MaddieT @stavvers well, maybe fully self-sailing will work better than fully self-driving.
that was a difficult thing to say with a straight face