Latest from Rolls-Royce on remote controlled or autonomous ships of the future: https://gcaptain.com/rolls-royce-reveals-latest-vision-for-drone-ships-this-is-happening/
The testing of systems will start soon on this ferry in Finland: http://www.motorship.com/news101/industry-news/naming-ceremony-of-stx-double-ended-ferry
How about this term; “the vessel’s ‘virtual captain’ are not far away”??
I can hear protests from the deck side, but approval from the engineers already.
Or this statement; "“This is happening. It’s not if, it’s when,” said Oskar Levander, VP of Innovation at Rolls-Royce Marine at the close of the conference. “This work supports the development of remote controlled and autonomous vessels and will enable proof of concept demonstration following the completion of the project. We will see a remote controlled ship in commercial use [U]by the end of the decade.[/U]”