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there is a dutch startup called roboat thats working on autonomous boats for transportation of humans. Eventually we will also have autonomous Cargo ships

As far as I'm aware, dot ocean does it too ( Belgium - https://www.dotocean.eu/ )

By coincidence, they also had an experiment in Amsterdam.

Note: Friends of me.

When I met them (years ago), they seemed to be more focused on open waters. In particular, I believe they were providing monitoring vessels in the Mediterranean during the refugee crisis.

There are multiple products as far as i know (it's not an easy market to get into)

- Their IOT big data platform ( Atlantis - https://www.dotocean.eu/products/atlantis/)

- Dredging canals cheaper

- Autonomous boats

- Underwater soil detection with a probe

I'm not really sure if there is a specific focus on open waters though, but i don't think so.

Looks awesome. Bookmarked the page

tell your friends I'm rooting for them thats an interesting project

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