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AUTONOMOUS WORKBOATS

The 27-meter harbor tug PSA Polaris real-world trials in the Port of Singapore.

Industries-built skimmer boat in Port- land harbor in Maine, as part of a co- operative agreement with the U.S. De- partment of Transportation Maritime

Administration (MARAD). The vessel, owned by Marine Spill Response Corp. (MSRC), performed both autonomous and remote-controlled functionalities, overseen by an operator on land, with crew members on board ready to take control if necessary. Sea Machines dem- onstrated electronic navigational chart (ENC)-based mission planning, auton- omous waypoint and grid line tracking, as well as collaborative autonomy for multi-vessel operations, and wireless remote payload control to deploy on- 136,000 board boom, skimmer belt and other response equipment.

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