ALICE is not a product. It is a system architecture of 20+ interconnected technology projects designed to make ship recycling fully autonomous from start to finish. The goal is singular: a yard where no worker is present in the cutting environment, where every decision is made by machines, and where the operator manages the entire process remotely from anywhere in the world.

Development began in 2020. All systems have been tested on real ship structures. Today, TRL 5-6 across all areas.

 

Environmental impact When done correctly, ship recycling dramatically reduces energy consumption and emissions compared to primary steel production.

The ALICE systems realise this potential at the highest level currently possible with today's technology.

Emissions measurement, gas analysis, energy efficiency monitoring, and IHM integration are inseparable parts of the process not requirements added later, but the design foundation of the system. Ship recycling has never been this efficient or this accountable from an environmental standpoint.

 

Social impact Ship recycling has for decades been an industry defined by heavy physical demands and high risk. Those conditions effectively determined who could enter the sector and that limitation was never a choice, it was a constraint. Until now, the technology to change this simply did not exist.

With GM Project ALICE, the requirement to be physically present in the cutting environment is eliminated.

The work becomes remote operation: monitoring, controlling, optimising from a workstation, an office, or anywhere in the world. The industry opens up to anyone with the right skills and focus, regardless of physical profile or geographic location.

This is not a side benefit it is a design requirement.