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Zhu Hai Yun
Photo: Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding for the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (official image), from bairdmaritime.com. Image policy
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Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding for the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory · autonomous vessel

Zhu Hai Yun

An 88 m research ship with an autonomous navigation system that can sail itself and launch and recover dozens of air, surface and underwater drones. It displaces about 2,100 tonnes.

Price
—Not published
Autonomy
SupervisedHow it runs
Driverless
Not yetSafety driver on board
Fleet
1Reported; details below
Speed
—Not published
Range
—Not published

Why it matters

Described in Chinese state media as the first intelligent, autonomous drone-carrier ship.

Real-world use

No customers or deployments reported yet.

Timeline

First shown
2022-05
Released
Not yet
Launched in Guangzhou

How it drives

Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.

Driverless status
Safety driver on board
Where it runs
South China Sea
Fleet
1 ship

Public attention

How much public attention Zhu Hai Yun gets, from open data.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • No recent press stories listed yet

Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured

What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Movement
Other movement
How it runs
Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.

From the maker

Zhu Hai Yun is the only vehicle from Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding (CSSC) for the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai) in the atlas.

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price
Not published
How to get one
No official buying page found

Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

Baird Maritime Vessel review: Zhu Hai Yun, Chinese-built drone mothership boasts autonomous sailing systems The Defense Post China launches mothership for drone swarms

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