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  • Image of a Volvo Penta vessel docking itself.

    Volvo’s self-docking boat tech is now a reality

    by 
    Daniel Cooper
    Daniel Cooper
    01.11.2021

    The technology makes continuous adjustments to the boat's position, enabling it to travel in tight, straight lines.

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    Volvo builds a self-docking yacht

    by 
    Daniel Cooper
    Daniel Cooper
    06.18.2018

    There are plenty of things that can go wrong when you dock a boat, and if they do, the consequences can be expensive. It's a problem that Volvo Penta claims to have solved after building a "self-docking yacht" that can park itself in spaces no sailor would contemplate. The Volvo subsidiary, which makes engine and maritime gear, is designed to navigate a vessel while taking into account the environmental conditions.