Autonomous Ship Project Team

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) aims to realize autonomous ships by 2025. To contribute to the aim, NMRI has established this project team to ensure safety evaluation technologies for autonomous ships. This project team is developing a new fast-time simulation system and a new navigation-risk simulator to evaluate the safety of autonomous ships. This project team's crucial missions are automatic berthing/leaving technology developments and machine-vision technology for vessels. This project team aims to implement the developed technologies in practice and to realize autonomous ships by 2025. This project team thinks it is essential to couple a farsighted strategy with an appropriate business model.