With the growing power of computing and technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and evolutionary techniques, machine IQ has increased tremendously, surpassing human capability in some instances. We have moved into the era of autonomous machines that can think and act like a human are prevalent in almost every sector.
A topic of particular interest and depth that Professor Sanjay Sharma will present to us through his talk with the title“Using AI to navigate” at the Athens Science Festival 2022.
More specifically, he will present research on the use of artificial intelligence applied to marine vehicles by the University of Plymouth’s Autonomous Marine Systems Research Group. The talk will cover the most important steps to achieve maritime autonomy and the contribution of artificial intelligence techniques to it.
But can a vessel really achieve full autonomy? Are we ready to remove humans from the equation and use a vessel to travel fully autonomously? Are we limiting ourselves or breaching the sector’s boundaries?
Questions are to be discussed and answered in the field of autonomous vessels, but certainly the possibilities seem to be limitless for all sectors.
But as he himself has said, the biggest challenge faced by scientists is not to develop the technology to create ships and vehicles with maximum autonomy, but to convince the common people that it is also safe.
The talk will be with the support of the British Council.
About S. Sharma
Sanjay Sharma is Associate Professor in the School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (SECAM) at the University of Plymouth. Professor Sharma heads the Autonomous Marine Systems (AMS) research group at SECAM and leads a team of fifteen academics and researchers with complementary and diverse experience and skills in Mechanical Engineering, Shipbuilding and Robotics. He has extensive experience in the design, development and application of artificial intelligence techniques in the navigation, guidance and control of marine robotics and unmanned marine vessels and is the author of more than 100 books, journals and scientific articles. He is a Member of the Mechatronics, Informatics & Control Group of the IMechE (Institute of Mechanical Engineers) and the IMechE representative to the United Kingdom Automatic Control Council (UKACC), as well as a member of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) technical committee for Intelligent Automated Vehicles ( Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles). He serves as Associate Editor of Journal of Proceeding, Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment (JEME), and Editorial Board of Drones international open-access peer-reviewed journal.
