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Rolls-Royce and VTT
Technical
Research
Centre of Finland Ltd have
announced a strategic
partnership to design,
test and validate the first
generation of remote
and autonomous ships.
The new partnership will
combine and integrate the two company’s unique expertise to
make such vessels a commercial reality.
Rolls-Royce is pioneering the development of remote
controlled and autonomous ships and believes a remote
controlled ship will be in commercial use by the end of the
decade. The company is applying technology, skills and
experience from across its businesses to this development.
VTT has deep knowledge of ship simulation and extensive
expertise in the development and management of safety-
critical and complex systems in demanding environments
such as nuclear safety. They combine physical tests such as
model and tank testing, with digital technologies, such as data
analytics and computer visualisation. They will also use field
research to incorporate human factors into safe ship design.
As a result of working with the Finnish telecommunications
sector, VTT has extensive experience of working with 5G
mobile phone technology and wi-fi mesh networks. VTT has
Rolls-Royce and VTT Technical Research Centre form a strategic
partnership to develop smart ships
IBM Launches Experimental Platform for Embedding Watson
into Any Device
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today unveiled the experimental release
of Project Intu, a new, system-agnostic platform designed
to enable embodied cognition. The new platform allows
developers to embed Watson functions into various end-user
device form factors, offering a next generation architecture
for building cognitive-enabled experiences.
Project Intu, in its experimental form, is now accessible
via the Watson Developer Cloud and also available on Intu
Gateway and GitHub.
Project Intu simplifies the process for developers wanting to
create cognitive experiences in various form factors such as
spaces, avatars, robots or other IoT devices, and it extends
cognitive technology into the physical world. The platform
enables devices to interact more naturally with users,
triggering different emotions and behaviors and creating
more meaningful and immersive experience for users.
Developers can simplify and integrate Watson services, such
as Conversation, Language and Visual Recognition, with
the capabilities of the “device” to, in essence, act out the
interaction with the user. Instead of a developer needing to
program each individual movement of a device or avatar,
Project Intu makes it easy to combine movements
the first 5G test network in
Finland.
Working with VTT will allow
Rolls-Royce to assess the
performance of remote
and autonomous designs
through the use of both
traditional model tank tests
and digital simulation,
allowing the company to develop functional, safe and reliable
prototypes.
Karno Tenovuo, Rolls-Royce, Vice President Ship Intelligence,
said: “Remotely operated ships are a key development project
for Rolls-Royce Marine, and VTT is a reliable and innovative
partner for the development of a smart ship concept. This
collaboration is a natural continuation of the earlier User
Experience for Complex systems (UXUS) project, where we
developed totally new bridge and remote control systems for
shipping.”
Erja Turunen, Executive Vice President at VTT, said: “Rolls-
Royce is a pioneer in remotely controlled and autonomous
shipping. Our collaboration strengthens the way we can
integrate and leverage VTT’s expertise in simulation and
safety validation, including the industrial Internet of Things,
to develop new products and in the future, enable us to
develop new solutions for new areas of application as well.”
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