Engineers from a subsidiary of USC, the St. Petersburg Marine Engineering Bureau "Malachite", have developed an artificial intelligence system called "Shrimp" for underwater robots.
"Shrimp" will receive data about its surroundings through cameras and sonar, and "understand" the gestures of a diver or operator. It is planned to be used in shipbuilding for maintenance, repair and installation of objects at depth, and for surveying and studying the seabed for scientific purposes.
Previously, when installing artificial intelligence in underwater robots, we encountered limitations built into them. As a result, the machine could not process all the signals coming from its "brain". Our innovation lies in the use of special transformers for efficient information processing and real-time decision making by the device.
Malachite's remotely operated unmanned underwater vehicles should operate at depths of more than two kilometers. But scientists are already preparing to create an ultra-deep-sea manned vehicle that will be able to study the World Ocean. It is assumed that "Shrimp" will also help it.