I can see where this would work well in the scenario described: "in environments with a lot of predictability and structure".
Waterways don't generally have vehicles doing high speeds and do have wider lanes to travel within than roadways.
I live near two big lakes with a lot of boats on one of them (Table Rock Lake in Missouri) zooming all over the place. You could easily plot a course to get most anywhere on that lake without worrying about hitting anything or even coming close to any fixed structures or shallow spots, but you'd have to "see" or communicate with other boats to avoid those traveling or drifting or anchored most anywhere out there.
This article pretty clearly states this tech is not there yet and my experience is that there would be dumbasses that would run into it on our lakes if it were out there. Probably not very often, but for sure it would because it does now.
Waterways don't generally have vehicles doing high speeds and do have wider lanes to travel within than roadways.
I live near two big lakes with a lot of boats on one of them (Table Rock Lake in Missouri) zooming all over the place. You could easily plot a course to get most anywhere on that lake without worrying about hitting anything or even coming close to any fixed structures or shallow spots, but you'd have to "see" or communicate with other boats to avoid those traveling or drifting or anchored most anywhere out there.
This article pretty clearly states this tech is not there yet and my experience is that there would be dumbasses that would run into it on our lakes if it were out there. Probably not very often, but for sure it would because it does now.