Roboat, autonomous watercraft

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Contributors:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?1011)

Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS Institute)

Delft University of Technology (TUD)

Wageningen University and Research (WUR)

roboat.org (https://roboat.org)

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Article "Roboat: World’s first autonomous watercraft (https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/in-other-news/220916/roboat-worlds-first-autonomous-watercraft.html)"

by Deccan Chronicle
September 22, 2016

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Article "Designing and deploying a fleet of autonomous boats on the canals of Amsterdam (https://robohub.org/designing-and-deploying-a-fleet-of-autonomous-boats-on-the-canals-of-amsterdam)"

by MIT News
September 20, 2016

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Article "Fleet of autonomous boats could service some cities, reducing road traffic (http://news.mit.edu/2018/fleet-autonomous-boats-service-cities-reducing-road-traffic-0523)"
Researchers design 3-D-printed, driverless boats that can provide transport and self-assemble into other floating structures.

Rob Matheson
May 23, 2018

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https://youtu.be/Wb5fllURUuw

MIT Roboat - Shapeshifting boat robots

Published on Aug 30, 2019


What's new with Roboat? The MIT researchers working on the self-assembling autonomous robot boats have devised an algorithm that manages all the planning involved in getting groups of the aquatic robots to unlatch from each other, avoid any collisions, and then reconnect with other robots in a new type of configuration.

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https://youtu.be/Da8oKu3ZjCs

Roboat - 36 months

Sep 9, 2019


Updates from the Roboat project which is the first fleet of autonomous boats. The project is a joint collaboration between MIT Senseable City Lab and AMS

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https://youtu.be/m4BWZqXnjnI

Roboat - waste streams

Jul 17, 2020


Roboat is a 5-year research project and a collaboration between the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS Institute) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In developing the world's first fleet of autonomous floating vessels for the city of Amsterdam, it investigates the potential of autonomous technology to change our cities and their waterways.

Roboat is a new kind of on-demand infrastructure: autonomous platforms will combine together to form floating bridges and stages, collect waste, deliver goods, and transport people, all while sensing the city e.g. for water quality. How can we re-imagine urban infrastructures with cutting-edge technologies?

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https://youtu.be/OYmVwvP_pD0

Roboat: an autonomous robotic boat

Oct 26, 2020

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Article "MIT’s CSAIL self-driving water taxis launched in the Amsterdam canals (https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/29/mit-csail)"

by Haje Jan Kamps (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hjkamps)
October 29, 2021