BOTIX
Autonomous Navigation System
Towards Safer and More Efficient
Maritime Autonomy
Enhance
Navigational Safety
Intelligent risk alerts enable earlier target detection and help reduce collision risks, improving safety for both vessels and crew.
Reduce
Crew Workload
Autonomous navigation capabilities reduce reliance on continuous manual lookout and decision-making, easing workload and operational pressure on the crew.
Improve
Operational Efficiency
Smarter route optimization and more stable speed control help improve fuel efficiency and reduce energy consumption.
Making Autonomy
Work for Navigation
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More Reliable Situational Awareness
Multi-Sensor Perception Low-Visibility Detection Situational Awareness FusionFuses data from cameras, radar, AIS, navigation equipment, and vessel status to build a continuous and unified picture of the navigational environment.
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More Accurate Risk Assessment
Target Detection CPA/TCPA Analysis Risk AlertsContinuously evaluates and prioritizes targets and risks, helping bridge teams focus on the navigational events that require attention most.
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Smarter Navigation Strategy Optimization
Route Tracking Collision Avoidance Strategy Speed OptimizationCombines voyage plans, vessel status, and changing environmental conditions to continuously generate navigation strategies and control recommendations that balance safety and operational efficiency while complying with COLREGs.
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Functional Safety & Redundant Architecture
System Monitoring Fault Alerts Manual Takeover Redundant ArchitectureContinuously records system status, risk alerts, and control actions, while allowing the crew to confirm, intervene, or take over control according to actual navigational conditions.
Perception - Decision - Control
A Closed Loop for Autonomous Navigation
BOTIX starts with multimodal sensor fusion onboard the vessel to continuously detect surrounding targets and environmental changes. An intelligent decision-making engine interprets the navigational situation and generates appropriate strategies, which are then translated into stable, executable vessel actions through the vessel drive-by-wire control system. Throughout the process, the crew remains in supervisory control and can intervene whenever necessary.
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Perception
See More. Understand More.NavSight fuses data from visible-light cameras, thermal imaging, 4D millimeter-wave radar, AIS, marine radar, navigation equipment, and vessel status to continuously detect surrounding targets and changes in the operating environment.
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Decision
Assess Earlier. Plan Smarter.Powered by end-to-end AI models and closed-loop data capabilities, the system combines voyage plans, vessel motion, target trajectories, and navigation rules to continuously generate route optimization and collision avoidance strategies that balance compliance, safety, operational efficiency, and energy consumption.
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Turn Navigation Decisions
into Reliable Vessel ActionsThe BOTIX Vessel Drive-by-Wire Control System converts route-planning and collision-avoidance strategies into executable vessel control commands. Based on real-time vessel status, the system continuously provides feedback and makes adjustments, while maintaining a clear and reliable path for crew confirmation, intervention, and manual takeover.
Ship–Shore Collaboration, Continuous Improvement
Through ship–shore data connectivity, shore-based teams can gain real-time visibility into
vessel operating status, navigational risks, and system events, supporting safety management,
operational coordination, technical support, and continuous system optimization.
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Shore-Based Operational Collaboration
Supports operational scheduling, navigational visibility, safety monitoring, remote support, equipment maintenance, and fault diagnosis, helping shore-based teams stay informed of vessel status in a more timely manner.
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Data-Driven Continuous Improvement
Through simulation validation, closed-loop data toolchains, and remote operations and maintenance capabilities, every real-world voyage becomes a source of data for continuous system improvement.
Deployment & Integration
The BOTIX Autonomous Navigation System can integrate with a vessel’s existing navigation, perception, and control equipment, and can be adapted to different vessel types, propulsion systems, and bridge architectures.
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