Roboat: autonomous boats in Amsterdam – how AI driven autonomous systems will work

The system is now advanced in accuracy. Roboat II autonomously navigated the canals of Amsterdam for three hours collecting data and returned back to its start location with an error margin of only 0.17 meters, or fewer than 7 inches. There are now advanced navigation and control algorithms for communication and collaboration between boats. The system is modeled on an ant colony using a distributed controller. In this model, there is no direct communication among the connected robots -- only one leader knows the destination.