The Straits Times Feature, What the Sea Means to Us
AAV team leads Tz Yuan and Tz Lung were featured in The Straits Times and MPA digital feature, What the Sea Means to Us, under a section on building an autonomous maritime future.
AAV team leads Tz Yuan and Tz Lung were featured in What the Sea Means to Us, a digital feature by The Straits Times and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.
Their section, titled Building an autonomous future, connected their student engineering journey with Singapore’s maritime future. The article described how autonomy is expected to shape the next chapter of Singapore’s port and maritime progress, from automated cranes and autonomous tugs to assisted navigation and future autonomous vessels.
The feature traced their pathway from a family cruise at age 15 to maritime studies, MaritimeONE, Mechanical Engineering at NTU and leadership in autonomous maritime systems. It also explained why autonomy at sea is harder than autonomy on roads, with wind, waves, currents and six degrees of freedom making maritime testing more complex.
For AAV, the feature gives the team a strong public story. It connects student-built vehicles to Singapore’s wider port, shipping and maritime technology ecosystem, and shows why AAV’s work matters beyond competition.
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Organisations involved
- The Straits Times
- Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore