Boat Homing Device Using AIS

Clients

Techstack

Purpose

Small fishing boats often head out without the navigation safety gear larger vessels take for granted, leaving crews exposed to collisions and to losing their way back to shore. A thesis team wanted to close that gap affordably — proving safe navigation doesn't have to be expensive to be reliable.

Description

We built a compact onboard device that speaks the same vessel-identification standard commercial ships use, then extended it well past passive tracking. It warns the crew when another boat is on a collision course and guides the vessel back to its destination, turning a system that normally just reports positions into an active navigation aid. It's a focused embedded build that takes a marine safety standard and makes it genuinely useful for the boats that need it most.