Zelim has announced that its AI-enabled ZOE man-overboard detection (MOB) system received official ISO certification from Lloyd’s Register.

More specifically, the system received the ISO 21195:2020 standard, which sets out the minimum required performance for automatic MOB systems used on passenger ships.

This follows extensive sea trials onboard Ambassador Cruise Line’s Ambition, the company said in a press release.

“The 90-day testing window spanned the winter months, where our technology was exposed to challenging weather conditions and sea states. Despite this, our false alarm rate was considerably lower than the ISO minimum requirement, reinforcing ZOE as a system operators can trust and rely on – with both its detection accuracy and low false alarm rate,” said Sam Mayall, Zelim’s founder and CEO.

“Being deployed on the Ambition vessel makes ZOE the first MOB system permanently installed on a cruise ship that is certified to ISO 21995 by Lloyd’s Register, paving the way for worldwide adoption across the cruise industry – and beyond.”

The system’s performance onboard was monitored for a continuous period of 90 days, during which ZOE achieved a 97% detection rate during simulated man overboard tests, exceeding the ISO’s minimum requirement, Zelim explained.

While child detection is not a requirement as part of the ISO assessment, the system can detect both adults and children.

Trained on a maritime dataset of over 9.5 million annotated objects, the system harnesses advanced computer vision and video analytics to deliver 360-degree surveillance for vessel crew.

Having completed all three phases of ISO 21195 testing, Zelim will now focus on spreading its technology worldwide, both in the global cruise sector and in other industries such as defense.