With the rapid advancement in self-driving cars, it was easy to predict that self-driving boats wouldn’t be far behind. Military and commercial craft will inevitably be ahead of recreational in adopting autonomous operation, but cruising boaters will definitely be welcoming the technology aboard in the near future.
Autonomous features are already available for boat handling. An autopilot is a form of self-piloting, especially with the ability to lock it onto a route autonomously created by a GPS. Self-docking systems
