Carnegie Robotics is partnered with Brunswick Corporation, an industry leader in recreational marine technology, to automate close quarters maneuvering tasks including autonomous docking. This partnership combines Mercury Marine’s advanced joystick drive-by-wire system with Carnegie Robotics' high performance sensors and advanced autonomy algorithms. This system improves the safety of close quarters operation and automates docking so everyone can enjoy boating, regardless of experience.

Reliable perception is key to a safe, performant autonomy system. Carnegie Robotics stereo cameras offer superior performance in a marine environment and generate high density point clouds that are classified by advanced image segmentation neural networks.

This system combines powerful mapping, path planning, and control algorithms with an intuitive graphical interface to ensure an easy, confident user experience. The system maps it’s surroundings, the user selects the desired dock on a touch screen, and the vessel docks itself autonomously.

Autonomous Docking Boat

Carnegie Robotics has established itself as a leader in innovative integrated solutions for robotics development and has strategically collaborated with Brunswick Boating Intelligence to venture into pioneering the maritime domain. Leveraging advanced GNSS and unprecedented accuracy for boat heading, Carnegie Robotics has help in enhancing safe navigation and operational prowess in the autonomous boating sector. Built with the intelligence of autonomous boats, the marine industry is experiencing a sea change in its operations, with technology playing a pivotal role. Autonomous boats enabled with Carnegie Robotics' Multisense S27 stereo cameras are extending their naval applications far beyond what was formerly imaginable. These cameras, integrated with computer vision, can accurately perceive and interpret their nautical surroundings, thereby providing enhanced safety and optimizing automated decisions. Brunswick's intelligent boat docking system exhibits a manifestation of this technological advancement, which employs real-time AI image classification within the aquatic environment, leading to more dependable and safer docking. It allows the boats to interpret visual cues, predicting and mitigating potential barriers or collisions often encountered during docking procedures. This combination of advanced technology and marine robotics has also paved the way for more complex navigation. It offers a level of accuracy that significantly reduces the human error factor and contributes to creating a safer marine environment and avoids costly bumps and crashes. Automatically adjusting to the boat's pitch and yaw during docking to maintaining stability in choppy waters and windy conditions, the integrated solution brings a new level of sophistication to the boating industry. With Brunswick Boating Intelligence and Carnegie Robotics at the helm, the future of boating is set to navigate towards higher seas of technological possibilities. As marine autonomy becomes more mainstream, it is projected to redefine the traditional boating experience forever, sparking a new era in nautical comfort and adventure.