VOYAGER AI Showcased within BMT DISC Simulator

VOYAGER AI Showcased within BMT DISC Simulator for Autonomous Navigation

As defence organisations accelerate the adoption of autonomous and uncrewed maritime systems, the ability to rapidly test, validate and deploy new capabilities has become a critical operational requirement. 

Digital twin technologies are increasingly playing a central role in this transformation, enabling operators and developers to evaluate autonomous behaviours in realistic environments before going to sea.

Robosys Automation continues to advance digital twin and simulation capabilities through its new VOYAGER AI Autonomous Navigation System (ANS) Simulator.

Working alongside maritime simulator and training partners such as AMC, MARIN, and BMT, which the latter has recently integrated VOYAGER AI with its Rembrandt Simulator as the Royal Navy‘s Patrick Blackett IV to operate autonomously within the simulated UK waters of the Solent.

Robosys also recently tested VOYAGER AI’s ability to conduct COLREGs-compliant collision avoidance assessments against live vessel traffic in the Solent and Southampton Water; being one of the UK’s busiest and most challenging waterways.  Using live AIS tracks the simulator allows developers and operators to evaluate autonomous decision-making in congested waterways without the cost, risk and logistical complexity associated with on-water sea trials.

Designed to support T&E, mission planning & rehearsal, the VOYAGER AI Simulator enables synthetic vessels and Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs) to be placed into live maritime environments, creating highly realistic test scenarios that accurately reflect operational conditions. By combining real-world traffic data with virtual assets, operators can safely assess autonomous behaviours against genuine maritime activity.

Beyond collision avoidance testing, the new VOYAGER AI ANS Simulator supports integrated anti-grounding, obstacle avoidance and autonomous navigation validation. Its intuitive “drag-and-drop” interface enables users to rapidly create operational scenarios, inject synthetic threats, simulate vessel interactions and assess mission outcomes.

Through continued innovation in VOYAGER AI and its simulation capabilities, Robosys Automation is helping defence organisations move from experimentation to operational autonomy faster, safer and with greater confidence.