Robosys Automation has introduced the Pioneer, its new autonomous trials boat, engineered to support the testing and sea trials involved in integrating clients’ software and hardware with the VOYAGER AI platform.
The Pioneer is a 6.75-meter SeaPro Centre Console 222 provided by Kirby Marine US, equipped with a Suzuki DF 250 APX outboard motor.
This vessel has been specifically chosen for its durability and versatility in testing, featuring a Dometic Seastar steering system and a Furuno radar. Within just a few days, these systems, along with the Suzuki engine, were integrated with Robosys’ VOYAGER AI software, making the Pioneer SeaPro’s first fully autonomous boat.
The VOYAGER AI platform is designed to work with both new builds and retrofitted vessels, ranging from 2 to 320 meters in length. This versatile software is agnostic and integrates smoothly with third-party systems for steering, propulsion, and motor control.
To further enhance its capabilities, Robosys offers several features for VOYAGER AI, such as a COLREGS-compliant Collision Avoidance Decision Aid (CADA), ensuring safer operations with crewed or lean-crewed vessels. Additional functionalities include remote control of steering, propulsion, and engine, along with alarm monitoring and switch/relay management via the Voyager Platform Management system.
By transforming any motorized vessel into an autonomous Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV), VOYAGER AI enables independent navigation, collision avoidance, anti-grounding mechanisms, and dynamic route optimization, meeting the requirements for IMO Degree 4 Maritime Autonomy.
Based in Rhode Island, the Pioneer will serve Robosys’ US office and will be operated across the company’s sites in the UK, Canada, and India for various trials and integration tests.
Robosys’ CEO and Founder, Aditya Nawab, commented, “We are delighted to have commissioned Robosys’ new autonomous trials boat, as it will enable us to demonstrate our abilities, and also rigorously test our systems for our clients.”
