Read all back issues online www.ust-media.com UST 45 :AUG/SEPT 2022 UK £15,USA$30,EUROPE e 22 Working watchdogs Focus on performancemonitoring All about the image The growing size and sophistication of gimbals Double duty How the TideWise Tupan teams aUSV with aUAV orROV to inspect offshore equipment 4 Over the past few years there has been some negativity about the roll-out of uncrewed systems. Driverless cars would not be seen on the roads for a decade, for example, or the struggles with uncrewed shipping and regulations would kill off the technology. But driverless vehicles are already travelling unescorted on the roads of San Francisco, albeit at night and with some challenges where they stopped in the road and caused traffic jams. And suppliers are getting ready for the mass roll-out of driverless technology. For example, after acquiring software developer Five AI, automotive developer Bosch is field-testing its technologies for Level 4 autonomy. Similarly, Baidu in China has developed a driverless car, the Apollo RT6, without a steering wheel. It will cost around $37,000, whereas the previous version, the Apollo Moon, cost $75,000 last year, which even then was half that of the established cost of a Level 4 driverless vehicle. At the same time, ships are travelling across oceans without input from the crew, as our Platform One report on the Prism Courage shows. Granted, there are always ups and downs in developing any technology, but uncrewed systems are now being rolled out in practical, commercial projects. Nick Flaherty | Technology Editor Roll out, roll out Editorial Director Ian Bamsey Deputy Editor Rory Jackson Technology Editor Nick Flaherty Production Editor Guy Richards Contributor Peter Donaldson Technical Consultants Paul Weighell Ian Williams-Wynn Dr Donough Wilson Prof James Scanlan Design Andrew Metcalfe
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