Samsung Heavy Industries informed that it has succeeded in showcasing a ship collision avoidance system.
SHI’s remote autonomous navigation system, Samsung Autonomous Ship (SAS), helped two autonomous ships by detecting each other in seas off the southwestern island of Gageo.
To carry out the test, a 9,200-ton ship of Mokpo National Maritime University and a 300-ton tug., the shipbuilder said.
It is worth noting, that in October 2020, Samsung Heavy successfully navigated its 300-ton remote autonomous ship in seas off Geoje Island, 398 kilometers south of Seoul, through a remote control system at a research center located in Daejeon, 250 kilometers away from the seas.
Samsung Heavy also plans to commercialize its autonomous navigation system SAS by 2022.
