- Shipping giants Rolls-Royce Marine and Nippon Yusen have unveiled plans to send remote and autonomous ships to sea by 2020.
- It is made possible by sensor arrays built into ships to analyze their surroundings with preternatural precision. Satellite data link control vessels from across the globe
- Autonomous ships eliminate the chance for human errors, which currently account for between 75% and 96% of all shipping accidents that resulted in more than $1.6 billion in losses between 2011 and 2016.
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