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How Japan's Coast Guard Got an Autonomous Boat | Reading the Procurement Record
Yanmar has automated a vessel from departure through offshore navigation to docking, a first in Japan, and is testing it on a Japan Coast Guard unmanned boat. I traced what that boat is for, the two contracts that produced it, and the technology underneath, using the Coast Guard's own disclosure records.
2026-08-25Ryuta Hamamoto
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