US Navy wants to teach robotic warships to TALK like humans in order to communicate with other ships

The US Navy is designing a system for its unmanned robotic warships that will communicate like human sailors, allowing the craft to safely navigate through waterways. The goal is to enable human bridge crews to converse with robot ships using normal speech over the worldwide radio system used for ship-to-ship communication. The Navy ships would be designed to understand secure radio transmissions, incorporate their meaning into its world model, develop appropriate maneuvering plans and respond via voice on the radio. The announcement is to abide by the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS), which includes strict instructions on how ships acknowledge each other and pass one another while traveling through waterways. The US Navy is designing unmanned robotic warships that will communicate like human sailors, so it can safely navigate the waterways.