Awake.AI and Intel have teamed up to combine edge, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and 5G technologies, as a more efficient method of leading ports into what they describe as the computer vision era.
With productivity, environmental, and economic pressures mounting, many port businesses around the world are turning to the Internet of Things (IoT), advanced analytics and machine learning to boost operational efficiencies.
To help the process, the new solution offered uses machine-learning models to detect objects in the port yard using sensors installed in the port area and automatically provide real-time awareness of utilisation rates and cargo flows.
As a result, numerous benefits are gained, such as better use of the existing capacity, reduced emissions, more accurate forecasting of ship arrivals and departures in real time, optimised port calls based on artificial intelligence and computer vision information and opportunities for real-time information sharing.
Karno Tenovuo, CEO, Awake.AI, notes: “Lidar sensor data, often combined with other sources of data, can be used to optimise the arrival and departure of landside traffic. Sensors can detect congestion, enabling re-routing port gate and inner area traffic.”
He adds that by using powerful computer vision technologies from Intel, including intelligent edge and cloud features, powered by Intel® Xeon® processors and optional vision accelerators that can benefit from the use of the Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ Toolkit, port operators can receive warnings of disruptions from expected normal operations along the cargo flow pipeline.
Founded in October 2018, Awake.AI’s stated mission is to lead the transition to sustainable and intelligent maritime logistics.
