The advent of autonomy

Stories of ghost ships sailing the oceans without a living soul on board have been around for as long as mankind has crossed the seas. But what used to be a cock-and-bull story for centuries will now become reality. At a time where unmanned drones fly around the globe, public railway transportation systems run driverless in numerous cities and self-steering cars are on in-situ trial runs, unmanned and autonomous ships can no longer be perceived as unrealistic.