{"id":177517,"date":"2023-12-06T05:25:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T11:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/kiwi-navy-will-test-new-ai-solar-powered-robot-boat-for-endless-recon"},"modified":"2023-12-06T05:25:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T11:25:17","slug":"kiwi-navy-will-test-new-ai-solar-powered-robot-boat-for-endless-recon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/kiwi-navy-will-test-new-ai-solar-powered-robot-boat-for-endless-recon","title":{"rendered":"Kiwi Navy will test new AI, solar-powered robot boat for endless recon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7vhvKcc-UPk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Royal New Zealand Navy is currently awaiting the arrival of its latest Uncrewed Surface Vessel, the wind-powered \u201cBluebottle,\u201d ahead of a 7-month sea trial.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) will soon receive its first 22.3-foot (6.8-meter) long renewable-powered Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) to trial on a short-term lease, the New Zealand Defense Force has announced. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzdf.mil.nz\/media-centre\/news\/royal-new-zealand-navy-to-trial-uncrewed-renewable-powered-vessel\/\" title=\"Called \" bluebottle rel=\"dofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Called \u201cBluebottle,\u201d<\/a> the USV will provide persistent surveillance around the waters of New Zealand for fishery protection, border protection, or meteorological data.<\/p>\n<p><b>Autonomous border control<\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>HMNZS Aotearoa<\/em> is currently transporting the USV from Sydney to Auckland. Once operational, \u201cBluebottle\u201d will undertake maritime tasks without fuel or personnel on its planned seven-month-long trial. Designed and built by Sydney-based <a href=\"https:\/\/ocius.com.au\/usv\/\" title=\"Ocius Technology\" rel=\"dofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Ocius Technology<\/a>, the company has sold several USVs to the Australian Defence Force and collaborated with the Australian Border Force, energy, and scientific agencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal New Zealand Navy is currently awaiting the arrival of its latest Uncrewed Surface Vessel, the wind-powered \u201cBluebottle,\u201d ahead of a 7-month sea trial. The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) will soon receive its first 22.3-foot (6.8-meter) long renewable-powered Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) to trial on a short-term lease, the New Zealand Defense Force [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[493,6,1511,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climatology","category-robotics-ai","category-surveillance","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}