Machine Learning project kicks off

MARIN has launched AI Sail, a pilot project examining machine learning. In this project, we will let an algorithm learn to sail an Optimist in our simulation and test environments with the overall objective of exploring the possibilities (and limitations) of Reinforcement Learning (RL) to control dynamic systems. This pioneering project will bring RL from simulation exercises into the physical world.
In our Strategy Plan 2022-2025 "Beyond the horizon" we have adopted challenging perspectives for the future of the maritime sector and one of them is taking the lead in artificial intelligence (AI), with the sea effectively deployed as a ‘digital lab’. This is not because we intend to create a maritime future full of emotionless robots but because we recognise how powerfully AI can support human decisions, from design to operations.